2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of glucose-related metabolites as a novel functional component in fruit
| Project/Area Number |
24658022
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Horticulture/Landscape architecture
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANAYAMA Yoshinori 東北大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10233868)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIRAKAWA Hitoshi 東北大学, 大学院農学研究科, 准教授 (40206280)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 果樹 |
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| Research Abstract |
Recently, functional components become important in fruit in addition to size and sweetness. Glucose-realted metabolites that were studied in this project are different from popular functional components such as vitamins and polyphenols. There could be a novel component that is not of antioxidants such as vitamins and polyphenols. In the results obtained in tracer experiments using sea buckthorn, the metabolite was metabolically inactive compared to other sugars. Ripening and environmental stress were investigated because those may affect synthesis and accumulation of the metabolites. The results suggested that the plant was a climacteric type and the accumulation decreased during ripening.
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