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STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BASES FOR TEXTURE OF PLANT FOODSTUFFS
Author(s) -
ILKER REINFRIEDE,
SZCZESNIAK ALINA S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of texture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1745-4603
pISSN - 0022-4901
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4603.1990.tb00462.x
Subject(s) - interfacing , texture (cosmology) , cell structure , chemistry , biochemical engineering , biology , materials science , biological system , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , computer hardware , image (mathematics)
Following a brief review of plant morphology, tissue organization and cell structure, the structure/texture relationship in edible plant materials is discussed with special emphasis on the role of cell wall and cytoplasmic components (starch, protein, lipids and vacuolar solutes). The review of published experimental data is supplemented with information deducible from interfacing the disciplines of plant physiology/microscopy and food science/texture. Recent engineering studies on tissue failure are discussed and their relevance to the advancement of the structure/texture relationship is pointed out.