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Evaluation indices of sour flavor for apple fruit and grading standards
Published 2018-05-01Get full textIn order to establish grading standards of evaluation indices for sour flavor of apples, 10 indices of samples from 106 apple cultivars were tested, including: malic acid (Mal), oxalic acid (Oxa), citric acid (Cit), lactic acid (Lac), succinic acid (Suc), fumaric acid (Fum), total organic acids (ToA...
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Multi-mycotoxin exposure and risk assessments for Chinese consumption of nuts and dried fruits
Published 2018-07-01Get full textIn this study, 15 mycotoxins were detected in 233 nut and dried fruit samples from China. The 15 mycotoxins included aflatoxins (AFs: AFB1, AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2), trichothecene toxins (TCs: T-2, ZEA, ENA, ENA1, ENB, ENB1 and BEA), Alternaria toxins (ATs: TEN, AOH and AME) and ochratoxin A (OTA). The...
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Evaluation of sugar and organic acid composition and their levels in highbush blueberries from two regions of China
Published 2020-09-01Get full textSweet and sour are the most important taste of blueberries, and they are produced by sugar and acid, respectively. Their contributions to the taste depend not only on the levels of sugar and acid, but also on the types and relative proportions of sugar and acid. Therefore, it is very important to ev...
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Development of a texture evaluation system for winter jujube (Ziziphus jujuba ‘Dongzao’)
Published 2022-12-01Get full textWinter jujube (Ziziphus jujuba ‘Dongzao’) is an excellent late maturing variety of fresh-eating jujube in China. Fruit texture is an important indicator of sensory quality. To investigate the correlations among texture indices and establish an evaluation system for winter jujube texture, we used the...
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Assessing the concentration and potential health risk of heavy metals in China's main deciduous fruits
Published 2016-07-01Get full textTo assess levels of contamination and human health risk, we analyzed the concentrations of the heavy metals lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni) in China's main deciduous fruits — apple, pear, peach, grape, and jujube. The concentration order of the heavy metals was Ni>Cr&...
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Risk assessment and ranking of pesticide residues in Chinese pears
Published 2015-11-01Get full textThe presence of pesticide residues in pears is a serious health concern. This study presents the results from a 2-year investigation (2013–2014) that used gas chromatography, GS/MS and UPLC/MS-MS to measure the levels of 104 pesticides in 310 pear samples. In 93.2% of the samples, 43 pesticides were...
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