ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2025
Enhancing tobacco quality and flavor through cold plasma treatment: structural, chemical, and sensory modifications.
Article in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Insights into volatile flavoromics and microbiomics for sensory quality improvement of flue-cured tobacco leaves fermented with Bacillus subtilis DB-15.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2026Article
- Cytological basis and key metabolite profiling of fresh tobacco leaves with different oiliness indices in Yunyan 87.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Cold plasma (CP) treatment has emerged as a promising green processing technology for enhancing the quality of tobacco by modifying its physical structure and chemical composition. This study investigated the effects of CP on Zimbabwe and Yunnan tobacco, focusing on its impact on sensory attributes, microstructure, and molecular composition. CP treatment, optimized at 100 kV for 1 min, enhances both the aroma and smoke smoothness, increasing sensory scores from 6 to 7. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that CP treatment induced surface disruption, creating irregular pores and increasing the pore density, which could enhance drying kinetics. Nontargeted metabolomics analysis reveals 43 putatively annotated metabolites which are significantly varied after CP treatments (i.e., fold change >3 and q-value <0.05), which correlated with improved sensory characteristics. Among these annotated compounds, substantial changes in the lipidomic profile is identified, with specific reductions in highly unsaturated and ether-linked phospholipids. These findings suggest that CP treatment selectively modifies surface lipids, potentially improving tobacco flavor by reducing harshness and enhancing aroma release. Furthermore, the study confirmed the role of CP in reducing excess surface lipids, as demonstrated using soy lecithin-doped tobacco as a model system. Overall, CP offers significant potential for enhancing tobacco flavor and quality, with implications for more sustainable and efficient post-harvest processing.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.