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Plant-Based Foods: New Aspects on Resources, Processing and Potential Bioactivity

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 3633

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School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Interests: food enzymology and enzyme application; food chemistry

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Dear Colleagues,

Plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds, have a major role in human nutrition in most places of the world. New resources, in addition to legumes, cereals/pseudocereals, and nuts/seeds, are also attracting more and more attention due to their potential contribution to bioactivity. Traditional processing methods, such as milling, heat treatment, fermentation, and germination, as well as some emerging technologies, are extensively studied to develop plant-based foods with optimal nutrient composition and acceptable organoleptic properties. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to publish the latest finding related to resources, processing technology and potential biological activity of plant-based foods to improve the understanding of this everlasting research area and bring new opportunities to the industry.

Dr. Wenbin Zhang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • plant-based
  • resources
  • processing
  • bioactivity
  • health
  • nutrition

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Catalase Activity in Hot-Air Dried Mango as an Indicator of Heat Exposure for Rapid Detection of Heat Stress
by Adnan Mukhtar, Sajid Latif, Ana Salvatierra-Rojas and Joachim Müller
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1305; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031305 - 26 Jan 2022
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Abstract
The growing market for dried fruits requires more attention to quality parameters. Mango and other tropical fruits are commonly dried at temperatures ranging from 40 °C to 80 °C. Convincing evidence suggests that the nutritional quality of dried fruits is best preserved when [...] Read more.
The growing market for dried fruits requires more attention to quality parameters. Mango and other tropical fruits are commonly dried at temperatures ranging from 40 °C to 80 °C. Convincing evidence suggests that the nutritional quality of dried fruits is best preserved when dried at low temperatures ≤50 °C, whereas increasing drying temperatures lead to the degradation of the most valuable nutrients inside the fruit. Currently, there is no system or direct measurement method that can assist in identifying the quality deterioration of dried fruits caused by excessive heat exposure during drying. From this perspective, the activity of the heat-sensitive enzyme ‘catalase’ was used for the first time to evaluate and compare mango slices dried at 40 °C, 60 °C and 80 °C. Various methods, including direct and indirect flotation tests and spectrophotometric measurements, were explored to measure the residual catalase activity in the dried samples. Results showed that the spectrophotometry and indirect flotation test produced the best results, revealing a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the catalase activity of mango slices dried at 40 °C, 60 °C and 80 °C, which the direct-dried mango flotation test failed to predict. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the potential applicability of catalase activity to indicate heat stress in dried mango slices processed at different temperatures. Full article
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