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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Quantitative Analysis of Ginger Maturity and Pulsed Electric Field Thresholds: Effects on Microstructure and Juice's Nutritional Profile.

Zhong Han, Pan He, Yu-Huan Geng, Muhammad Faisal Manzoor, Xin-An Zeng, Suqlain Hassan, Muhammad Talha Afraz

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Zhong HanSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0475-9463
Pan HeSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
Yu-Huan GengSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
Muhammad Faisal ManzoorGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Food Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3705-0277
Xin-An ZengGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Food Manufacturing, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China.
Suqlain HassanSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2692-4597
Muhammad Talha AfrazSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0917-6742

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111 Project B17018Key science and technology projects of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions 2022A02002-4National Key R&D Program of China 2024YFD2100604Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32372474, U23A20267, 31972034
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This study used fresh (young) and old (mature) ginger tissues as model systems to investigate how plant maturity modulates the response to pulsed electric field (PEF), a non-thermal processing technology. Specifically, the influence of tissue maturity on dielectric behavior and its downstream effect on juice yield and bioactive compound extraction was systematically evaluated. At 2.5 kV/cm, old ginger exhibited a pronounced dielectric breakdown effect due to enhanced electrolyte content and cell wall lignification, resulting in a higher degree of cell disintegration (0.65) compared with fresh ginger (0.44). This translated into a significantly improved juice yield of 90.85% for old ginger, surpassing the 84.16% limit observed in fresh ginger. HPLC analysis revealed that the extraction efficiency of 6-gingerol and 6-shogaol increased from 1739.16 to 2233.60 µg/g and 310.31 to 339.63 µg/g, respectively, in old ginger after PEF treatment, while fresh ginger showed increases from 1257.88 to 1824.05 µg/g and 166.43 to 213.52 µg/g, respectively. Total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) also increased in both tissues, with OG-2.5 reaching 789.57 µg GAE/mL and 336.49 µg RE/mL, compared with 738.19 µg GAE/mL and 329.62 µg RE/mL in FG-2.5. Antioxidant capacity, as measured by ABTS

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cell disintegrationginger maturityjuice yieldnutritional profilepulsed electric field

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