What is Metabolomics?

Metabolomics and Fresh Produce: Fruits

Major fruit crops such as melon, citrus and grape (fresh and wine varieties) as well as some minor crops such as raspberry, strawberry and cranberry have already been subjected to metabolomics analyses. Through these approaches the influence of aspects such as fruit ripening, cultivation conditions, storage and shelf-life has been investigated and biochemical changes defined.

For example, metabolomics of melons revealed the three dimensional nature of fruit ripening in these large fruits (top to bottom/inside to outside). Analyses of strawberry ripening revealed the huge complexity of the process, which leads to a global reprogramming of the biochemical composition of the fruit within just a few days. The transition from green to white to red-ripe fruits is accompanied by dramatic changes (both in negative and positive senses) in a wide range of biochemical pathways enabling the conversion of an astringent hard tissue into the soft and fragrant one we like to eat. Never before have we had such a detailed insight into such complex processes.

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