High Pressure Treatment (high + pressure_treatment)

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Selected Abstracts


EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE TREATMENT ON CYTOPLASMIC 5,-NUCLEOTIDASE FROM RABBIT SKELETAL MUSCLE

JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY, Issue 3 2007
SUNAO MORI
ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of high-pressure treatment on the properties of cytoplasmic 5, -nucleotidase (NT), which converts inosine monophosphate (IMP) into inosine. After pressure treatment at 400 MPa, the activity of purified IMP-NT remained at almost 100%, but the activity of partially purified adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-NT decreased to about 40%. These data suggest that there is a difference in the pressure stability between the enzymes. In situ fluorescence spectroscopy of IMP-NT under pressure showed that its pressure-induced denaturation was reversible. When the pressure was reduced from the highest pressure to ambient pressure, hysteresis was observed. This suggests that high pressure treatment may lead to a partial change in the affinity of the subunits for each other once they have dissociated. The activities of IMP-NT and AMP-NT extracted from pressure-treated muscles decreased remarkably between 250 and 450 MPa, but IMP-NT was more stable than AMP-NT. [source]


Onion Cells After High Pressure and Thermal Processing: Comparison of Membrane Integrity Changes Using Different Analytical Methods and Impact on Tissue Texture

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 7 2010
Maria E. Gonzalez
Abstract:, Two different analytical methods were evaluated for their capacity to provide quantitative information on onion cell membrane permeability and integrity after high pressure and thermal processing and to study the impact of these processing treatments on cell compartmentalization and texture quality. To determine changes in cell membrane permeability and/or integrity the methodologies utilized were: (1) measurement of a biochemical product, pyruvate, formed as a result of membrane permeabilization followed by enzymatic activity and (2) leakage of electrolytes into solution. These results were compared to previously determined methods that quantified cell viability and 1H-NMR T2 of onions. These methods allowed for the monitoring of changes in the plasma and tonoplast membranes after high pressure or thermal processing. High pressure treatments consisted of 5 min holding times at 50, 100, 200, 300, or 600 MPa. Thermal treatments consisted of 30 min water bath exposure to 40, 50, 60, 70, or 90 °C. There was strong agreement between the methods in the determination of the ranges of high pressure and temperature that induce changes in the integrity of the plasma and tonoplast membranes. Membrane rupture could clearly be identified at 300 MPa and above in high pressure treatments and at 60 °C and above in the thermal treatments. Membrane destabilization effects could already be visualized following the 200 MPa and 50 °C treatments. The texture of onions was influenced by the state of the membranes and was abruptly modified once membrane integrity was lost. Practical Application:, In this study, we used chemical, biochemical, and histological techniques to obtain information on cell membrane permeability and onion tissue integrity after high pressure and thermal processing. Because there was strong agreement between the various methods used, it is possible to implement something relatively simple, such as ion leakage, into routine quality assurance measurements to determine the severity of preservation methods and the shelf life of processed vegetables. [source]


The effect of high pressure treatment on rheological characteristics and colour of mango pulp

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Issue 8 2005
Jasim Ahmed
Summary The effect of high-pressure (HP) treatment (100,400 MPa for 15 or 30 min at 20 °C) on the rheological characteristics and colour of fresh and canned mango pulps was evaluated. Differences were observed in the rheological behaviour of fresh and canned mango pulps treated with HP. Shear stress,shear rate data of pulps were well described by the Herschel,Bulkley model. The consistency index (K) of fresh pulp increased with pressure level from 100 to 200 MPa while a steady decrease was noticed for canned pulp. For fresh pulp the flow behaviour index decreased with pressure treatment whereas an increasing trend was observed with canned pulp. Storage and loss moduli of treated fresh pulp with HP increased linearly with angular frequency up to 200 MPa for a treatment time of 30 min while a steady decreasing trend was found for processed pulp. No significant variation in colour was observed during pressure treatment. [source]


EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE TREATMENT ON CYTOPLASMIC 5,-NUCLEOTIDASE FROM RABBIT SKELETAL MUSCLE

JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY, Issue 3 2007
SUNAO MORI
ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of high-pressure treatment on the properties of cytoplasmic 5, -nucleotidase (NT), which converts inosine monophosphate (IMP) into inosine. After pressure treatment at 400 MPa, the activity of purified IMP-NT remained at almost 100%, but the activity of partially purified adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-NT decreased to about 40%. These data suggest that there is a difference in the pressure stability between the enzymes. In situ fluorescence spectroscopy of IMP-NT under pressure showed that its pressure-induced denaturation was reversible. When the pressure was reduced from the highest pressure to ambient pressure, hysteresis was observed. This suggests that high pressure treatment may lead to a partial change in the affinity of the subunits for each other once they have dissociated. The activities of IMP-NT and AMP-NT extracted from pressure-treated muscles decreased remarkably between 250 and 450 MPa, but IMP-NT was more stable than AMP-NT. [source]


Thermo- and galvanomagnetic measurements of semiconductors at ultrahigh pressure

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (B) BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue 2 2003
Vladimir V. Shchennikov
Abstract The thermoelectric power, magnetoresistance, and thermomagnetic effects were measured for Te and Se micro-samples in the vicinity of semiconductor,metal phase transitions at high pressure. From longitudinal and transverse Nernst-Ettingshausen effects the scattering parameter r of holes was estimated and a decrease of the effective mass of holes was found during the closing of semiconductor gap. After the high pressure treatment an inversion of the sign of parameter r corresponding to a change of scattering mechanism was observed for the Te sample due to an increase of the density of lattice defects. [source]


High Pressure Processing , a Database of Kinetic Information

CHEMIE-INGENIEUR-TECHNIK (CIT), Issue 8 2008
R. Buckow
Abstract Hydrostatic high pressure technology is relatively new to food industry and is more and more considered as an alternative to traditional preservation methods like heat processing. The inactivation of bacteria, spores, viruses and enzymes has been demonstrated in numerous papers, and various schemes for modelling the experimental inactivation data have been suggested. Although there are similarities to heat inactivation kinetics it is generally agreed that the heat process safety assessment with its typical indicator organisms cannot simply be transferred to high pressure treatment. In this paper a database is introduced which aims at the comparison of published kinetic high pressure inactivation data by using suitable mathematical modelling tools. For the sake of clarity, the functional associations of pressure, temperature and exposure time is presented by means of pressure-temperature diagrams (pT -diagrams), which show pressure-temperature combinations yielding to a desired reaction (e.g. inactivation) rate constant. Thus, the database software was particularly designed to enable the user to call up pressure-temperature dependent function equations for a number of micro-organisms, enzymes and food constituents and to visualize them in pT -diagrams for predetermined treatment times or as kinetics under predetermined p - T conditions. In addition, the database also features a simple calculator tool which allows the user to make an entry in three of the four process conditions (pressure level, temperature level, inactivation level, dwell time) and calculate the remaining forth process condition. The database is accessible through the internet and is continuously updated on the basis of the most recent publications and own experimental data. [source]


Onion Cells After High Pressure and Thermal Processing: Comparison of Membrane Integrity Changes Using Different Analytical Methods and Impact on Tissue Texture

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 7 2010
Maria E. Gonzalez
Abstract:, Two different analytical methods were evaluated for their capacity to provide quantitative information on onion cell membrane permeability and integrity after high pressure and thermal processing and to study the impact of these processing treatments on cell compartmentalization and texture quality. To determine changes in cell membrane permeability and/or integrity the methodologies utilized were: (1) measurement of a biochemical product, pyruvate, formed as a result of membrane permeabilization followed by enzymatic activity and (2) leakage of electrolytes into solution. These results were compared to previously determined methods that quantified cell viability and 1H-NMR T2 of onions. These methods allowed for the monitoring of changes in the plasma and tonoplast membranes after high pressure or thermal processing. High pressure treatments consisted of 5 min holding times at 50, 100, 200, 300, or 600 MPa. Thermal treatments consisted of 30 min water bath exposure to 40, 50, 60, 70, or 90 °C. There was strong agreement between the methods in the determination of the ranges of high pressure and temperature that induce changes in the integrity of the plasma and tonoplast membranes. Membrane rupture could clearly be identified at 300 MPa and above in high pressure treatments and at 60 °C and above in the thermal treatments. Membrane destabilization effects could already be visualized following the 200 MPa and 50 °C treatments. The texture of onions was influenced by the state of the membranes and was abruptly modified once membrane integrity was lost. Practical Application:, In this study, we used chemical, biochemical, and histological techniques to obtain information on cell membrane permeability and onion tissue integrity after high pressure and thermal processing. Because there was strong agreement between the various methods used, it is possible to implement something relatively simple, such as ion leakage, into routine quality assurance measurements to determine the severity of preservation methods and the shelf life of processed vegetables. [source]