METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TOMATO CUTIN OLIGOMERS

Authors
OSMAN SF GERARD HC FETT WF MOREAU RA DUDLEY RL
Citation
Sf. Osman et al., METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TOMATO CUTIN OLIGOMERS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 43(8), 1995, pp. 2134-2137
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
43
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2134 - 2137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1995)43:8<2134:MFTPAC>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A series of oligomeric fragments can be obtained by partial alkaline h ydrolysis of cutin. The oligomers obtained from tomato cutin were anal yzed by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and t he major products were characterized as linear dimeric esters of omega ,8-, omega,9-, and omega,10-dihydroxyhexadecanoic acids, the major mon omers of tomato cutin. Analysis of the products obtained from tomato c utin by treatment with cutinase suggests an exo mode of depolymerizati on for this enzyme.