Exploring membrane vesicles in citrus fruits : a comparative analysis of conventional and organic farming approaches

© 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry..

BACKGROUND: Recently, vesicles derived from plant cell membranes have received attention for their potential use as active biomolecules and nanocarriers, and obtaining them from organic crops may be an interesting option because different farming systems can affect production, plant secondary metabolism and biochemistry of cell membranes. The present study aimed to determine how organic and conventional farming affects the mineral nutrition, gas exchange, CO2 fixation and biochemical composition of lemon fruits, which could have an impact on the different fractions of cell membranes in pulp and juice.

RESULTS: Organic trees had higher intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) but conventional trees had higher stomatal conductance (gs) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUtE). Also, organic lemons had significantly higher levels of some micronutrients (Ca, Cu, Fe and Zn). Second, the main differences in the membrane vesicles showed that organic pulp vesicles had a higher antioxidant activity and more oleic acid, whereas both types of vesicles from conventional lemons had more linoleic acid.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, organic farming did not alter carbon fixation parameters but impacted nitrogen fixation and water uptake, and resulted in higher micronutrient levels in lemons. These mineral nutritional changes could be related to the higher production of membranes that showed suitable morphological traits and a high antioxidant activity, positively correlated with a high amount of oleic acid, which could have stronger cell protection characteristics. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:104

Enthalten in:

Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 104(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 235-248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Olmos-Ruiz, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Gomez, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Carvajal, Micaela [VerfasserIn]
Yepes-Molina, Lucia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
2UMI9U37CP
Agricultural by-products
Antioxidants
Biochemistry of cell membranes
Citrus lemon
Journal Article
Membrane vesicles
Minerals
Oleic Acid
Organic farming impact
Water

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jsfa.12903

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360950205