Table 3.
Intracuticular wax main constituents of ‘Satsuma’ mandarin fruits during storage.
| Compositions | Contents of Intracuticular Wax Constituents (μg cm−2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | 10 days | 20 days | 30 days | 40 days | |
| Acids | 1.71 ± 0.02 a | 0.72 ± 0.05 d | 1.15 ± 0.07 b | 0.83 ± 0.03 c | 0.69 ± 0.02 d |
| Dodecanoic acid | 0.03 ± 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
| Tetradecanoic acid | 0.13 ± 0.01 a | 0.02 ± 0.01 b,c | 0.01 ± 0.01 c | 0.04 ± 0.01 b | 0.03 ± 0.01 b |
| Pentadecanoic acid | 0.07 ± 0.01 | - | - | - | - |
| cis-9-Hexadecenoic acid | 0.15 ± 0.01 a | 0.01 ± 0.00 c | 0.02 ± 0.01 b,c | 0.03 ± 0.01 b | 0.02 ± 0.01 b,c |
| Hexadecanoic acid | 0.80 ± 0.05 a | 0.32 ± 0.02 c,d | 0.57 ± 0.03 b | 0.38 ± 0.02 c | 0.27 ± 0.03 d |
| Heptadecanoic acid | 0.02 ± 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
| 9,12-Octadecanoic acid | 0.06 ± 0.01 b | 0.07 ± 0.02 b | 0.11 ± 0.01 a | 0.06 ± 0.01 b | 0.07 ± 0.02 b |
| Oleic acid | 0.15 ± 0.03 a,b | 0.11 ± 0.01 b | 0.20 ± 0.03 a | 0.07 ± 0.01 c | 0.08 ± 0.01 c |
| Octadecanoic acid | 0.25 ± 0.02 a | 0.14 ± 0.03 b | 0.15 ± 0.04 b | 0.19 ± 0.04 a,b | 0.13 ± 0.04 b |
| Tetracosanoic acid | 0.05 ± 0.01 c | 0.05 ± 0.01 c | 0.09 ± 0.01 a | 0.06 ± 0.01 b,c | 0.09 ± 0.02 a,b |
| Alkanes | 0.45 ± 0.01e | 0.70 ± 0.06 d | 1.27 ± 0.04 a | 0.90 ± 0.06 c | 1.07 ± 0.06 b |
| Heptadecane | 0.02 ± 0.00 b | 0.06 ± 0.01 a | 0.03 ± 0.01 b | 0.02 ± 0.01 b,c | 0.01 ± 0.00 c |
| Pentacosane | 0.04 ± 0.01 a | 0.01 ± 0.00 b | 0.06 ± 0.01 a | 0.05 ± 0.01 a | 0.05 ± 0.01 a |
| Hexacosane | 0.03 ± 0.01 a | 0.01 ± 0.00 b | 0.02 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.02 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.02 ± 0.01 a,b |
| Heptacosane | 0.14 ± 0.01 b | 0.03 ± 0.01 b | 0.08 ± 0.02 a | 0.04 ± 0.01 b | 0.04 a ± 0.00 |
| Nonacosane | 0.16 ± 0.02 c | 0.17 ± 0.05 b,c | 0.34 ± 0.02 a | 0.22 ± 0.02 b | 0.30 ± 0.06 a,b |
| Triacontane | 0.02 ± 0.00 c | 0.39 ± 0.09 b | 0.68 ± 0.04 a | 0.50 ± 0.15 a,b | 0.60 ± 0.10 a |
| Hentriacontane | 0.04 ± 0.01 b | 0.03 ± 0.01 b | 0.06 ± 0.01 a | 0.05 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.05 ± 0.01 a,b |
| Alcohols | 0.27 ± 0.04 b | 0.27 ± 0.09 b | 0.53 ± 0.05 a | 0.52 ± 0.10 a | 0.58 ± 0.07 a |
| 13-Docosen-1-ol | 0.25 ± 0.05 a | 0.07 ± 0.01 c | 0.14 ± 0.05 b | 0.17 ± 0.07 a,b | 0.15 ± 0.04 b |
| Tetracosan-1-ol | 0.02 ± 0.01 b | 0.20 ± 0.09 b | 0.39 ± 0.09 a | 0.35 ± 0.10 a,b | 0.43 ± 0.08 a |
| Terpenoids | 2.54 ± 0.11 b | 2.06 ± 0.10 c | 4.35 ± 0.18 a | 2.76 ± 0.15 b | 2.27 ± 0.12 c |
| Farnesol | - | 0.01 ± 0.00 b | 0.03 ± 0.01 a | - | - |
| Squalene | 0.29 ± 0.09 b | 0.12 ± 0.01 c | 0.58 ± 0.10 a | 0.13 ± 0.09 c | - |
| Campesterol | 0.05 ± 0.01 b | 0.05 ± 0.01 b | 0.10 ± 0.02 a | 0.05 ± 0.01 b | 0.06 ± 0.01 b |
| Stigmasterol | 0.04 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.02 ± 0.01 b | 0.05 ± 0.01 a | 0.03 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.04 ± 0.01 a,b |
| Lup-20(29)-en-3-one | 0.30 ± 0.07 c | 0.35 ± 0.04 c | 0.70 ± 0.03 a | 0.50 ± 0.10 b | - |
| Lanosterol | - | 0.04 ± 0.01 b | 0.10 ± 0.04 a | 0.06 ± 0.05 a,b | 0.08 ± 0.02 a |
| Urs-12-en-24-oic acid | - | 0.03 ± 0.01 b | 0.06 ± 0.01 a | 0.04 ± 0.01 a,b | 0.05 ± 0.01 a,b |
| β-Amyrin | 0.36 ± 0.06 c | 0.35 ± 0.05 c | 0.71 ± 0.08 a | 0.48 ± 0.11 b,c | 0.52 ± 0.08 b |
| Friedelin | 1.50 ± 0.12 b | 1.09 ± 0.09 c | 2.02 ± 0.16 a | 1.47 ± 0.14 b | 1.52 ± 0.13 b |
Note: Means in the same row with different lower case letters are significantly different (p < 0.05); “-” presented not detected.