Effects of Added NaCl on Softening Cooked Japanese Radish Root
Effects of Added NaCl on Softening Cooked Japanese Radish Root
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添加氯化钠对熟萝卜软化的影响
DOI:
10.11428/jhej1987.38.375
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发表时间:
1987
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Sakie Tamura
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Sakie Tamura
In order to investigate the effects of added NaCl on softening cooked Japanese radish root and also to clarify its softening mechanism, slices 1 cm thick were heated in solutions with several different NaCl concentrations, at various temperatures, for 5-120 min. Firmness of xylem parenchyma of cooked samples was measured by Rheometer. And morphological changes in the same tissues were also observed by means of light and electron microscopes. The results obtained were as follows: 1) Softening effect was observed by soaking the slices at higher temperatures than 70 t in both deionized water and NaCl solution. The slices cooked in NaCl solutions were softened remarkably faster than those in deionized water. In 0.5-5.0% NaCl solutions, the higher the concentration of NaCl was, the greater the loss of firmness was. Even the addition of 0.5% NaCl in cooking media, showed an obvious softening effect. By adding NaCl after cooking in deionized water for 5-25 min, the firmness was markedly decreased thereafter, and the loss of firmness was almost the same as that of the samples where NaCl was added at the initial cooking stage. The slices cooked in sodium acetate solutions showed the same tendency as those cooked in NaCl solutions; Na + is thought to be the cause of softening. 2) When the slices were cooked in deionized water for 20 min, the cell walls of the xylem parenchyma were separated in the region of middle lamella, whereas when cooked in 2% NaCl solution for 20 min, the cell walls were not separated and the matrix of primary cell walls disappeared resulting in swollen cell walls as a whole. (Received June 18, 1986)