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1. Evidence of Small Avocado Seed Borer, Conotrachelus perseae, Attraction to Avocado Fruit Host and Conspecifics

Author:
Cruz-López, Leopoldo; Campuzano Granados, Alvaro Jose; Sánchez-Maldonado, Andrés; Meneses, María Guadalupe
Source:
TheSouthwestern entomologist 2021 v.45 no.4 pp. 971-978
ISSN:
0147-1724
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Conotrachelus; entomologists; females; fruits; males; olfactometers;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... In a two-choice circular olfactometer, females and females of the small avocado seed borer, Conotrachelus perseae, were attracted to avocado fruit. In addition, male and female weevils were attracted to males, but not to female conspecifics. ...
DOI:
10.3958/059.045.0415

2. Assessment of avocado textural changes during ripening by using contactless air-coupled ultrasound

Author:
Fariñas, Lola; Sanchez-Torres, Eduardo A.; Sanchez-Jimenez, Virginia; Diaz, Ricardo; Benedito, Jose; Garcia-Perez, Jose V.
Source:
Journal of food engineering 2021 v.289 pp. 110266
ISSN:
0260-8774
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; hardness; modulus of elasticity; ultrasonics; viscoelasticity;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... In the present study, the use of the air-coupled ultrasonic technique has been analysed as a new tool for the contactless assessment of the avocado post-harvest textural modifications during ripening. Thus, ultrasonic parameters, such as maximum wave amplitude and ultrasound velocity, and textural ones, such as hardness, elastic modulus and relaxation capacity, were measured on avocado slices. Dur ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110266

3. Utilization of dried Japanese apricot and avocado fruit powders as an emulsifying agent: The importance of the powder-dispersed phase in emulsification

Author:
Ho, Hsinhsuan; Ishii, Toya; Matsumiya, Kentaro; Iwasa, Maki; Matsumura, Yasuki
Source:
Journal of food engineering 2021 v.294 pp. 110411
ISSN:
0260-8774
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Prunus mume; emulsifying; fruits; separation; soybean oil;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Japanese apricot and avocado powders without chemical modification or complicated processing were firstly applied for stabilizing food emulsions containing soybean oil as a source of clean label ingredients. In this work, Japanese apricot and avocado powders as fiber-rich and lipid-rich emulsifiers, respectively, were studied for evaluating emulsifying properties of the fruit powders. Each powder ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110411

4. Interfacial activity of phenolic-rich extracts from avocado fruit waste: Influence on the colloidal and oxidative stability of emulsions and nanoemulsions

Author:
Velderrain-Rodríguez, Gustavo R.; Salvia-Trujillo, Laura; González-Aguilar, Gustavo A.; Martín-Belloso, Olga
Source:
Innovative food science & emerging technologies 2021 v.69 pp. 102665
ISSN:
1466-8564
Subject:
avocado oil; avocados,   etc   ; food science; fruits; lipids; oxidation; oxidative stability; particle size; pectins; polysorbates; surface tension; wastes;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The effects of phenolic-rich extracts from avocado peels (AP) and seeds (AS) on the colloidal and the lipid oxidative stability of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions/nanoemulsions were evaluated. For this purpose, the interfacial tension (IFT) of avocado oil droplets in the presence of extracts and surfactants (low methoxyl pectin, LMP; Tween 80, T80), individually or combined, was assessed. Individuall ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102665

5. Fatty Acid Derivatives Isolated from the Oil of Persea americana (Avocado) Protects against Neomycin-Induced Hair Cell Damage

Author:
Park, SeonJu; Jeong, Seo Yule; Nam, Youn Hee; Park, Jun Hyung; Rodriguez, Isabel; Shim, Ji Heon; Yasmin, Tamanna; Kwak, Hee Jae; Oh, Youngse; Oh, Mira; Lee, Kye Wan; Lee, Jung Suk; Kim, Do Hoon; Park, Yu Hwa; Moon, In Seok; Choung, Se-Young; Jeong, Kwang Won; Hong, Bin Na; Kim, Seung Hyun; Kang, Tong Ho
Source:
Plants 2021 v.10 no.1
ISSN:
2223-7747
Subject:
avocado oil; avocados,   etc   ; Danio rerio; Persea americana; cells; fatty acids; hearing disorders; human health; models; spectral analysis; toxicity;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Avocado oil is beneficial to human health and has been reported to have beneficial effects on sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). However, the compounds in avocado oil that affect SNHL have not been identified. In this study, we identified 20 compounds from avocado oil, including two new and 18 known fatty acid derivatives, using extensive spectroscopic analysis. The efficacy of the isolated compou ...
DOI:
10.3390/plants10010171

6. Correction to: Spatial Analysis of Presence, Injury, and Economic Impact of the Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Complex in Avocado Crops

Author:
Valencia Arias, C; Martínez Osorio, A; Morales Osorio, J G; Ramírez-Gil, J G
Source:
Neotropical entomology 2020 v.49 no.1 pp. 61
ISSN:
1519-566X
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Coleoptera; crops; economic impact;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... In order to properly acknowledge the institute at which the research was performed, the affiliations of the authors should have been stated in full in the original publication. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13744-019-00732-2

7. Effects of drying process on oil quality, the bioactive properties and phytochemical characteristics of avocado (Fuerte) fruits harvested at two different maturity stages

Author:
Al‐Juhaimi, Fahad; Uslu, Nurhan; Musa Özcan, Mehmet; Babiker, Elfadıl E; Ghafoor, Kashif; Mohamed Ahmed, Isam; Alsawmahi, Omer N.
Source:
Journal of food processing and preservation 2021 v.45 no.4 pp. e15368
ISSN:
0145-8892
Subject:
avocado oil; avocados,   etc   ; air; air drying; antioxidants; cheeses; cosmetics; fruits; human nutrition; hypercholesterolemia; hypertension; industry; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; oleic acid; ovens; pepper; phytochemicals; pulp; shelf life; soups;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Some chemical properties, oil contents, and bioactive properties of different parts of unriped (green) and ripened “Fuerte” avocado fruits (FAF) dried in air, microwave, and oven unriped air‐dried FAF pulp showed higher (76.84%) oil contents, whereas that of microwave‐dried riped FAF pulp was 70.87%. Oil contents of FAF peel and seeds were also evaluated. Oleic, palmitic, and linoleic acids were t ...
DOI:
10.1111/jfpp.15368

8. Engineering white light-emitting diodes with high color rendering index from biomass carbonized polymer dots

Author:
Meng, Weixue; Wang, Boyang; Ai, Lin; Song, Haoqiang; Lu, Siyu
Source:
Journal of colloid and interface science 2021 v.598 pp. 274-282
ISSN:
0021-9797
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; biocompatibility; bioimaging; biomass; carbon; cold; color; epoxides; fluorescence; hot water treatment; lighting; polymers; toxicity;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Carbonized polymer dots (CPDs) have promise in the fields of sensing, bioimaging, and optoelectronic devices due to their excellent optical properties, favorable biocompatibility, and superior stability. Biomass CPDs present greater advantages in terms of their lack of toxicity, low cost, easy preparation, and feasibility in terms of luminescence-related applications. Here, two kinds of fluorescen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.022

9. Hormonal and carbohydrate control of fruit set in avocado ‘Lamb Hass’. A question of the type of inflorescence?

Author:
D’Asaro, Antonio; Reig, Carmina; Martínez-Fuentes, Amparo; Mesejo, Carlos; Farina, Vittorio; Agustí, Manuel
Source:
Scientia horticulturae 2021 v.282 pp. 110046
ISSN:
0304-4238
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Persea americana; abscission; carbohydrate content; cytokinins; flowering; fruit set; gibberellins; photosynthates; sucrose; vegetative growth;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The avocado tree (Persea americana Mill.) has two types of shoots, indeterminate, which maintain vegetative development from an apical bud, and determinate, which do not have vegetative growth. Indeterminate shoots set fewer fruits than determinate ones, and significantly hasten physiological fruitlet abscission. The competition between vegetative and flower development is accepted as the most rea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110046

10. Determination of ‘Hass’ avocado ripeness during storage by a smartphone camera using artificial neural network and support vector regression

Author:
Cho, Byeong-Hyo; Koyama, Kento; Koseki, Shigenobu
Source:
Journal of food measurement & characterization 2021 v.15 no.2 pp. 2021-2030
ISSN:
2193-4126
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; cameras; color; computer vision; data collection; firmness; measurement; mobile telephones; neural networks; regression analysis;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Avocado undergoes quality transformation during storage, which needs to be managed in order to prevent quantity losses. A machine vision system devised with a smartphone camera was used to capture ‘Hass’ avocado images. Color features in L*a*b* and YUV (YUV color space is defined in terms of one luminance (Y) and two chrominance components (U and Y)) were extracted from the RGB images. Artificial ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11694-020-00793-7

11. Phenolic compounds from ‘Hass’ avocado peel are retained in the indigestible fraction after an in vitro gastrointestinal digestion

Author:
Salazar-López, Norma Julieta; Salmerón-Ruiz, Mayra Lizeth; Domínguez-Avila, J. Abraham; Villegas-Ochoa, Monica Alejandra; Ayala-Zavala, Jesús Fernando; González-Aguilar, Gustavo A.
Source:
Journal of food measurement & characterization 2021 v.15 no.2 pp. 1982-1990
ISSN:
2193-4126
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; bioavailability; colon; digestion; digestive tract; measurement; polysaccharides;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Avocado peel is a source of bioactive compounds with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative and antimicrobial capacities, among others. Physical and chemical interactions of phenolic compounds with indigestible polysaccharides could affect their bioaccessibility in the upper gastrointestinal tract, allowing them to reach the colon, where they exert antioxidant effects and related health ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11694-020-00794-6

12. Traditional Mexican foods as functional agents in the treatment of cardiometabolic risk factors

Author:
Escalante-Araiza, Fabiola; Gutiérrez-Salmeán, Gabriela
Source:
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition 2021 v.61 no.8 pp. 1353-1364
ISSN:
1549-7852
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; beans; chronic diseases; corn; food science; hyperinsulinemia; hyperlipidemia; insulin resistance; obesity; pears; phytochemicals;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Major cardiometabolic risk phenotypes include insulin resistance (IR), hyperinsulinemia, overweight, obesity and dyslipidemia, which contribute to the current prevalent chronic disease pandemia worldwide. Among traditional treatments, dietary habits represent one of the most difficult and controversial aspects to implement in handling metabolic disturbances. The use of herbal remedies by latinos a ...
DOI:
10.1080/10408398.2020.1758028

13. PLS-DA vs sparse PLS-DA in food traceability. A case study: Authentication of avocado samples

Author:
Jiménez-Carvelo, Ana M.; Martín-Torres, Sandra; Ortega-Gavilán, Fidel; Camacho, J.
Source:
Talanta 2021 v.224 pp. 121904
ISSN:
0039-9140
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; case studies; classification; cultivars; flame ionization; fruits; lipids; models; product authenticity; provenance; sampling; traceability;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Conventional and sparse partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA and sPLS-DA) have been successfully tested in order to authenticate avocado samples in terms of three different geographical origins and six kinds of cultivar. For this, lipid chromatographic fingerprints of different avocado fruits have been acquired using gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detector (GC-FID) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121904

14. Avocado oil encapsulation with OSA-esterified taro starch as wall material: Physicochemical and morphology characteristics

Author:
Romero-Hernandez, Hector A.; Sánchez-Rivera, Mirna M.; Alvarez-Ramirez, Jose; Yee-Madeira, Hernani; Yañez-Fernandez, Jorge; Bello-Pérez, Luis A.
Source:
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + [i.e. und] Technologie 2021 v.138 pp. 110629
ISSN:
0023-6438
Subject:
avocado oil,   etc   ; amylose; encapsulation; esterification; gelatinization; hydrophobicity; lipophilicity; particle size; taro starch; vegetable oil;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The objective of the work was to evaluate OSA-esterified taro starch as wall material to encapsulate avocado oil as lipophilic bioactive compounds, using spray drying for encapsulation. It was found that OSA-esterification decreased the amylose content (8.93–6.13%), %C (33.29–31.88%), and thermal properties of gelatinization (Tp: 86.1 to 80.7 °C, and △H: 8.4 to 7.9 J g⁻¹). Besides, OSA-esterificat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110629

15. Two Oleosins Expressed in the Mesocarp of Native Mexican Avocado, Key Genes in the Oil Content

Author:
Sánchez-Albarrán, Fernando; Suárez-Rodríguez, Luis María; Ruíz-Herrera, León Francisco; López-Meza, Joel Edmundo; López-Gómez, Rodolfo
Source:
Plant foods for human nutrition 2021 v.76 no.1 pp. 20-25
ISSN:
0921-9668
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Persea americana; cold stress; genes; human nutrition; lipid content; lipids; mesocarp; oils; oleosin;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Intracellular lipid droplets (LD) provide the oil storage mechanism of plants. They are found within seeds as individual structures, even under conditions of cold stress and dehydration, due to the protein that covers them. This protein, called oleosin, is found exclusively in plants and has been widely studied in seeds. Avocado fruits (Persea americana Mill.) are rich in oil, which is stored in t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11130-020-00868-2

16. Ultraviolet/visible intense pulsed light irradiation of fresh‐cut avocado enhances its phytochemicals content and preserves quality attributes

Author:
Velderrain‐Rodríguez, Gustavo R.; Salmerón‐Ruiz, Mayra L.; González‐Aguilar, Gustavo A.; Martín‐Belloso, Olga; Soliva‐Fortuny, Robert
Source:
Journal of food processing and preservation 2021 v.45 no.3 pp. e15289
ISSN:
0145-8892
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; antioxidant activity; ascorbic acid; color; firmness; phytochemicals; pulsed light irradiation; shelf life; wavelengths;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this study, the effect of intense pulsed light (PL) on color, firmness, phytochemicals content, and antioxidant activity (AA) of fresh‐cut avocados (FCA) was evaluated for 12 days. In that sense, three different ultraviolet and visible wavelength ranges of PL were compared: 180–1100 nm (UVC‐VIS), 280–1100 nm (UVB‐VIS), and of 400–1100 nm (VIS). Interestingly, the color FCA was not influenced by ...
DOI:
10.1111/jfpp.15289

17. Characterization of the volatile organic compounds produced from avocado during ripening by gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry

Author:
Liu, Yijun; Bu, Mengting; Gong, Xiao; He, Jinna; Zhan, Yu
Source:
Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2021 v.101 no.2 pp. 666-672
ISSN:
0022-5142
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; agriculture; gas chromatography; principal component analysis; signal strength; spectroscopy; storage time; volatile organic compounds;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced from avocados during storage may be distinct at different periods, and this difference may be related to their degree of maturity, for which no relevant research has been conducted yet. RESULTS: A total of 30 typical target compounds were identified by gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (GC–IMS) combined with principal component ...
DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.10679

18. Molecular and biochemical analyses of avocado (Persea americana) reveal differences in the oil accumulation pattern between the mesocarp and seed during the fruit developmental period

Author:
Ge, Yu; Dong, Xiangshu; Liu, Yuanzheng; Yang, Ying; Zhan, Rulin
Source:
Scientia horticulturae 2021 v.276 pp. 109717
ISSN:
0304-4238
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Persea americana; biosynthesis; confocal microscopy; fatty acids; genes; mesocarp; oils; triacylglycerols;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The fatty acids in avocado mesocarp and seed are crucial constituents and possess the critical influence in commercializing for fresh-eating consumption and industrially oil processing. Hence, plant physiologists express an interest in better understanding tissue-specific oil biosynthesis and the associated regulatory network between the developing avocado (Persea americana) mesocarp and seed, whi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109717

19. Where does your guacamole come from? Detecting deforestation associated with the export of avocados from Mexico to the United States

Author:
Cho, Kimin; Goldstein, Benjamin; Gounaridis, Dimitrios; Newell, Joshua P.
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.278 pp. 111482
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; Danaus plexippus; biodiversity; deforestation; environmental management; exports; governance; industry; space and time; supply chain; Mexico;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The United States (U.S.) imports 87 percent of its avocados from a single Mexican region, Michoacán. Although environmental and social costs associated with avocado production are significant, consumers and retailers in the U.S. cannot clearly discern them in part due to complex, opaque supply chains. In this paper, we use a novel methodology, TRAcking Corporations Across Space and Time (TRACAST), ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111482

20. Comparison of Morphological and Genetic Characteristics of Avocados Grown in Tanzania

Author:
Juma, Ibrahim; Geleta, Mulatu; Hovmalm, Helena Persson; Nyomora, Agnes; Saripella, Ganapathi Varma; Carlsson, Anders S.; Fatih, Moneim; Ortiz, Rodomiro
Source:
Genes 2021 v.12 no.1
ISSN:
2073-4425
Subject:
avocados,   etc   ; adults; discriminant analysis; genetic variation; germplasm; microsatellite repeats; multivariate analysis; phenotypic variation; seedlings; Tanzania;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Tanzania has been growing avocado for decades. A wide variability of the avocado germplasm has been found, and the crop is largely contributing to the earnings of the farmers, traders, and the government, but its genetic diversity is scantly investigated. With the purpose of comparing morphological and genetic characteristics of this germplasm and uncovering the correlation between them and the ge ...
DOI:
10.3390/genes12010063