title: Estimation of damage to cells of Japanese radish induced by high pressure with drying rate as index.
abstract: The relative drying rate of samples (RDR), which is the ratio of the drying rate of pretreated samples to that of untreated ones, might be used as a tool to investigate the damage to cells of agroproducts induced by high-pressure treatment. Damage to cells induced by high pressure was estimated by comparing the RDR after high-pressure pretreatment with the RDR after chloroform-vapor, heat, and freeze-thaw pretreatments of Japanese radish samples. The RDR after high-pressure pretreatment was similar to the RDR after chloroform-vapor pretreatment, and was lower than for heat, and for freeze-thaw pretreatment. For agroproducts, high-pressure treatment is thus comparatively moderate.
authors: Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. shigeakiu@bios.tohoku.ac.jp
authors: Shigeaki
authors: S
authors: Ueno
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Izumi
authors: Tomoyuki
authors: T
authors: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D003890:Desiccation; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005615:Freezing; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D011312:Pressure; D031224:Raphanus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D002725:Chloroform