Abstract
The relative drying rate of samples (RDR), which is the ratio of the drying rate of pretreated samples to that of untreated ones, might be used as a tool to investigate the damage to cells of agroproducts induced by high-pressure treatment. Damage to cells induced by high pressure was estimated by comparing the RDR after high-pressure pretreatment with the RDR after chloroform-vapor, heat, and freeze-thaw pretreatments of Japanese radish samples. The RDR after high-pressure pretreatment was similar to the RDR after chloroform-vapor pretreatment, and was lower than for heat, and for freeze-thaw pretreatment. For agroproducts, high-pressure treatment is thus comparatively moderate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1699-1703 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Cell damage
- High pressure
- Japanese radish
- Relative drying rate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Organic Chemistry