Título

Nitrate promotes capsaicin accumulation in Capsicum chinense immobilized placentas

Autor

JEANNY GUADALUPE ALDANA IUIT

ENRIQUE SAURI DUCH

MARIA DE LOURDES MIRANDA HAM

LIZBETH ARIANELLY CASTRO CONCHA

LUIS FERNANDO CUEVAS GLORY

FELIPE AUGUSTO VAZQUEZ FLOTA

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Referencia de datos

datasetDOI/http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/794084

Materias

CAPSICUM CHINENSE - (AUTORES) BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA - (CTI) BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

In chili pepper’s pods, placental tissue is responsible for the synthesis of capsaicinoids (CAPs), the compounds behind their typical hot flavor or pungency, which are synthesized from phenylalanine and branched amino acids. Placental tissue sections from Habanero peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) were immobilized in a calcium alginate matrix and cultured in vitro, either continuously for 28 days or during two 14-day subculture periods. Immobilized placental tissue remained viable and metabolically active for up to 21 days, indicating its ability to interact with media components. CAPs contents abruptly decreased during the first 7 days in culture, probably due to structural damage to the placenta as revealed by scanning electron microcopy. CAPs levels remained low throughout the entire culture period, even though a slight recovery was noted in subcultured placentas. However, doubling the medium’s nitrate content (from 40 to 80 mM) resulted in an important increment, reaching values similar to those of intact pod’s placentas. These data suggest that isolated pepper placentas cultured in vitro remain metabolically active and are capable of metabolizing inorganic nitrogen sources, first into amino acids and, then, channeling them to CAP synthesis.

Fecha de publicación

2015

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Versión de la publicación

Versión publicada

Recurso de información

http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1314

Formato

application/pdf

Fuente

BioMed research international, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/794084, 2015

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Inglés

Relación

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Vázquez-Flota, F. A. (2015). Nitrate promotes capsaicin accumulation in Capsicum chinense immobilized placentas. BioMed research international, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/794084

Sugerencia de citación

Aldana-Iuit, J. G., Sauri-Duch, E., Miranda-Ham, M. D. L., Castro-Concha, L. A., Cuevas-Glory, L. F.,

Repositorio Orígen

Repositorio Institucional CICY

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