Biochemical Changes in Secondary Metabolites in Wounded and Deteriorated Cassava Roots |
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Authors: | Yoshiyuki Tanaka Emma S. Data Shohei Hirose Takeshi Taniguchi Ikuzo Uritani |
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Affiliation: | 1. RI Center and Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan;2. Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center, Visayas State College of Agriculture, Baybay, Leyte 7121, Philippines;3. Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Setagaya, Tokyo 154, Japan |
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Abstract: | Bluish fluorescent and phenolic components were produced in cassava roots in response to cut- injury, and in relation to physiological deterioration and microbial deterioration. The former roved to consist of five coumarin components, the main three of which were scopoletin, scopolin and esculin, and the other two were scopoletin- and esculetin-containing conjugates. A main component of the latter was (+)-catechin. Some enzymes pertaining to the production of the secondary metabolites such as acid invertase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase and peroxidase were formed in cut-injured tissue and in non-infected tissue adjacent to the soft-rotten part. |
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Keywords: | myricitrin flavonoid low-density lipoprotein oxidation atherosclerosis |
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