Table 1.
Analysis of four mature fruits. Texture, ripening fruit parameters and cell wall yields of four mature fruits – tomato, aubergine, strawberry and apple. Average data of 4–12 independent measurements from 3 to 5 different fruits.
| Common name | Family |
Texture features |
Ripening parameters |
Yield | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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(% d.w. basis) | |||||||
| Hardness (N) | Elastic modulus (kPa) | % Brix | % Moisture content | CWM | Phenol-sol | ||
| Tomato | Solanaceae | 7.9 ± 1.0c | 2.2 ± 0.7c | 4.3 ± 0.2c | 93.7 ± 0.2a | 6.9 ± 0.7b | 0.5 ± 0.0b |
| Aubergine | Solanaceae | 41.1 ± 6.3a | 7.4 ± 1.0b | 4.5 ± 0.4c | 93.4 ± 0.1a | 33.8 ± 1.4a | 0.3 ± 0.1b |
| Strawberry | Rosaceae | 0.7 ± 0.1d | 2.2 ± 0.3c | 8.9 ± 2.0b | 85.6 ± 2.3b | 7.0 ± 1.1b | 1.3 ± 0.2a |
| Apple | Rosaceae | 30.3 ± 2.1b | 13.5 ± 0.9a | 12.0 ± 0.4a | 84.9 ± 0.5b | 10.3 ± 0.2b | 0.2 ± 0.1b |
Statistical analysis for all results was by ANOVA and Tukey-HSD, but hardness that follows a Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test and Wilcoxon rank sum test (p 0.05). CWM = cell wall material, d.w. = dry weight, phenol-sol = phenol soluble solids.