Gang-Shuai Liu, Hong-Li Li, Zhen-Zhen Peng, Rui-Ling Liu, Yan-Chao Han, Yun-Xiang Wang, Xiao-Dan Zhao, Da-Qi Fu
Journal: Food chemistry 2023;411():135449
PMID: 36669336
The cuticle of plants, a hydrophobic membrane that covers their aerial organs, is crucial to their ability to withstand biotic and abiotic stressors. Fruit is the reproductive organ of plants, and an important dietary source that can offer a variety of nutrients for the human body, and fruit cuticle performs a crucial protective role in fruit development and postharvest quality. This review discusses the universality and diversity of the fruit cuticle composition, and systematically summarizes the metabolic process of fruit cuticle, including the biosynthesis, transport and regulatory factors (including transcription factors, phytohormones and environmental elements) of fruit cuticle. Additionally, we emphasize the postharvest functions and postharvest regulatory technologies of fruit cuticle, and propose future research directions for fruit cuticle.
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