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Fate of Flavonoids in the Outer Skins of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Throughout Curing

Author:
Cools, Katherine   Chope, Gemma A.   Terry, Leon A.  


Journal:
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry


Issue Date:
2010


Abstract(summary):

Reducing the current U.K. curing temperature from 28 to 20 degrees C would help to reduce energy costs; however, onion skin appearance and consumer acceptability may be detrimentally affected. The aim of this study was to elucidate the compounds responsible for the difference in color between brown and red onions cured at 20 and 28 degrees C by monitoring dynamic biochemical changes in the skin at set intervals during curing and after storage from two years' data. Sugar concentrations appeared to play no role in the difference in onion skin appearance when cured at different temperatures. Using regression, principal component, and partial least-squares discriminant analyses, the decrease in skin H degrees after the curing of brown onion cultivars at 28 degrees C was linked to a decrease in individual flavonol concentrations, possibly due to their oxidation at higher temperatures into brown pigmented compounds. Red onion cultivars cured at lower temperatures and for a shorter curing period had higher concentrations of individual anthocyanins as well as a darker skin color. Skin water content was reduced significantly in only the first 6 days of curing. Taken together, this suggests that current U.K. curing practice could be carried out at a lower temperature (20 degrees C) and/or for a shorter duration, resulting in reduced curing costs and possibly improved skin appearance.


Page:
11709-11715


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