The natural chlorophyll degradation results in noncolored chlorophyll catabolites (NCCs), but there are controversies if these are the final products. The formation and degradation of NCCs during soybean seed (Glycine max ...

Broccoli is an important component of the human diet with a high nutritional value. This vegetable is harvested when its development is not complete, triggering a quick senescence that is accompanied by chlorophyll degradation ...

A hot air treatment was applied to broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) florets and its effect on chlorophyll catabolism during postharvest senescence was analyzed. Florets were treated at 48°C for 3 h and then ...

Plants native from Cerrado generally have peculiar characteristics that allow tolerating water and nutritional stress. Astronium fraxinifolium is a Anacardiaceae tree of from Brazilian Cerrado. The aim of this research was ...

Chlorophyll (Chl) loss is the main visible symptom of senescence in leaves. The initial steps of Chl degradation operate within the chloroplast, but the observation that ‘senescence-associated vacuoles’ (SAVs) contain Chl ...

Degreening caused by chlorophyll degradation is the most important feature that determines postharvest loss of quality in broccoli. Chlorophyll molecules are assembled to several thylakoid proteins, from which chlorophylls ...

BACKGROUND: Chlorophyll is the most abundant pigment on Earth, essential for the capture of light energy during photosynthesis. During senescence, chlorophyll degradation is highly regulated in order to diminish toxicity ...

BACKGROUND: Broccoli is a highly perishable vegetable that shows enhanced postharvest senescence and intense de‐greening caused by chlorophyll degradation. One of the key steps of chlorophyll catabolism is the opening of ...

Central broccoli heads (cv. de Cicco) were harvested and treated with UV-C light (4, 7, 10, or 14 kJ m-2). All treatments delayed yellowing and chlorophyll degradation at 20°C but the irradiation dose of 10 kJ m -2 allowed ...