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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Cultivar-Dependent Thermal Flesh Breakdown in Apple Associated with Cell Wall Polysaccharide Modification, with Pronounced Effects in Cooking Apple 'Bramley's Seedling'.

Mitsuho Nakagomi, Tomomichi Fujita, Saki Sato, Akari Oka, Jong-Pil Chun, Kazuhiro Matsumoto

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Mitsuho NakagomiThe United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.ORCID 0009-0009-7542-3220
Tomomichi FujitaFujisaki Farm, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 7-1 Shimotabi, Fujisaki, Aomori 038-3802, Japan.
Saki SatoFujisaki Farm, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 7-1 Shimotabi, Fujisaki, Aomori 038-3802, Japan.
Akari OkaThe United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
Jong-Pil ChunDepartment of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
Kazuhiro MatsumotoThe United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2499-2166

Funding

Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJSP2125Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K02363Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K02032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat-induced softening of apple fruit varies markedly among cultivars; however, the biochemical factors underlying these differences remain incompletely understood. This study investigated the relationship between cell wall modifications and thermal flesh breakdown in three apple cultivars ('Bramley's Seedling', 'Fuji', and 'Toki'). Fruit flesh samples were heated under controlled conditions and analyzed for changes in texture properties, cell structure, cell wall composition, and molar mass distribution. Heating increased water-soluble pectin in all cultivars, with a markedly greater increase in 'Bramley's Seedling', indicating pronounced pectin solubilization during thermal treatment. A pronounced shift from high- to low-molar-weight polymers in the Na

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fruit softening‘Fuji’pectin degradationpectin solubilizationtexturethermal processingvarietal diversity

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PMID42073263
PMCPMC13115144

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