Cuticular membrane of Fuyu persimmon fruit is strengthened by triterpenoid nano-fillers.

The mechanical defensive performance of fruit cuticular membranes (CMs) is largely dependent on the molecular arrangement of their constituents. Here, we elucidated nano-sized interactions between cutin and triterpenoids in the cuticular matrix of Fuyu persimmon fruits (Diospyroskaki Thunb. cv. Fuyu...

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Main Authors: Shuntaro Tsubaki, Kazuki Sugimura, Yoshikuni Teramoto, Keizo Yonemori, Jun-Ichi Azuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3782500?pdf=render