Brassinosteroid-based Food Preservation Solution

Brassinosteroids regulate various important physiological aspects of fruits and vegetables, including attenuation of cold damage and inhibition of enzymatic browning, softening, regulation of energy and glucose metabolism. It also induces PPO and PAL enzyme activity and reduces rotting during postharvest storage. Aprofood deeply explores the mechanism of action of brassinosteroids and is committed to providing global customers with a full range of food preservation solutions.

What are Brassinosteroids?

Brasinosteroids (BRs), defined as the sixth plant hormone after the classic plant hormones auxin, gibberellins, cytokinin, abscisic acid and ethylene, are analogous to animal steroid hormones in structure. Similar to animal hormones, BRs play crucial roles in diverse aspects of plant biology, including cell elongation, cell division, root growth, photo-morphogenesis, stomatal and vascular differentiation, seed germination, immunity and reproduction. BRs are also involved in regulating the metabolism of plant oxidation radicals, ethylene synthesis and root gravitropic response, and have a role in mediating plant responses to stress, such as freezing, drought, salinity, disease, heat and nutrient deficiency. This hormone regulates a broad range of processes in plant development and responses to environmental stresses, and their analogs have been shown to bring substantial increases in grain yield, depending on growth status.

Fig. 1 Some important roles of brassinosteroids in plants. (Hafeez, et al., 2021)

Application of Brassinosteroid in Food Preservation

We can see the application potential of BRs in food preservation from many examples, especially in fruits and vegetables. Treatment of satsuma mandarins with exogenous brassinosteroids (EBR) reduces decay and oxidative stress. Similarly, the application of EBR can effectively alleviate the chilling damage of eggplant and peach fruit. EBR application also reduced enzymatic browning of lotus root and delayed epidermal browning of cold stored medlar fruits. In addition, the application of EBR delayed the senescence of kiwifruit under environmental conditions. Postharvest EBR application also delayed the degradation of chlorophyll in lime fruit and leaf yellowing in broccoli florets. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that brassinosteroids regulate various aspects of different fruits and vegetables.

Our Solutions

Aprofood deeply studies the action mechanism of brassinosteroids and applies it to fruit and vegetable preservation. With rich experience and expertise, we have the ability to provide global customers with a full range of brassinosteroids-based food preservation solutions.

• Brassinosteroids often coordinate certain physiological cascades with other phytohormones in a synergistic or antagonistic manner, so in our solution we focus on the mechanism of action of applied BRs, including but not limited to:

• The treatment effect of BRs usually depends on the application method. We provide a variety of formulation options for application methods, including: dipping, spraying, coating, etc., to ensure that the needs of customers are fully met.

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Aprofood is committed to providing extensive support to customers around the world in food preservation related research. If you are interested or have not found a suitable option, please contact us to learn more about our food preservation related solutions!

References

1. Tang, J., Han, Z., & Chai, J. (2016). Q&A: what are brassinosteroids and how do they act in plants? BMC biology, 14(1), 113.
2. Hafeez, M. B., Zahra, N., Zahra, K., Raza, A., Khan, A., Shaukat, K., & Khan, S. (2021). Brassinosteroids: Molecular and physiological responses in plant growth and abiotic stresses, Plant Stress, 2, 100029.