A review of the postharvest biochemical, biophysical and biological properties of 61 cultivars of North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit.

IF 3.5 2区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Pub Date : 2025-08-29 DOI:10.1002/jsfa.70115

Robert G Brannan

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Abstract

Fruit from the North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is unfamiliar to many as a food crop and botanically unusual because it is the northernmost genus and only temperate member of the tropical Annonaceae family. It is the largest edible fruit native to North America. Wild or unnamed cultivars of pawpaw account for much of the pawpaw that is sold in the United States, however, there are over 160 named cultivars of pawpaw. Only a few hundred papers accounts for the entirety of the published research on pawpaw, and the majority of that research is focused on preharvest growth characteristics. Manuscripts that exist about biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties of pawpaw tend to not identify the cultivars that were assayed. This review presents an overview of biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties of named cultivars of the North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Sixty-one named pawpaw cultivars were analyzed and compared. The biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties reported in this study provide a strong basis to the view the pawpaw through a wider lens that could lead to breakthroughs in the development of new food products, functional insights, and processing technologies. Understanding the differences in quality attributes between pawpaw cultivars can aid in improving this underutilized fruit crop. © 2025 The Author(s). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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对61个北美木瓜品种果实采后生化、生物物理和生物学特性进行了综述。

作为一种粮食作物，北美木瓜（Asimina triloba）的果实对许多人来说是不熟悉的，在植物学上也是不寻常的，因为它是热带番荔枝科中最北的属，也是唯一温带的成员。它是北美本土最大的可食用水果。野生或未命名的木瓜品种占在美国销售的木瓜的大部分，然而，有超过160个命名的木瓜品种。只有几百篇论文占了全部关于木瓜的研究，而且大多数研究都集中在收获前的生长特征上。现有的关于木瓜的生物化学、生物学和生物物理特性的文献往往没有对被检测的品种进行鉴定。本文综述了北美木瓜（Asimina triloba）命名品种的生化、生物学和生物物理特性。对61个已命名木瓜品种进行了分析比较。本研究报告的生化、生物学和生物物理特性为从更广泛的角度看待木瓜提供了强有力的基础，这可能会导致新食品开发、功能见解和加工技术的突破。了解木瓜品种间品质属性的差异有助于改善这种未充分利用的水果作物。©2025作者。约翰威利父子有限公司代表化学工业协会出版的《食品与农业科学杂志》。

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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 工程技术-农业综合

CiteScore

8.10

自引率

4.90%

发文量

634

审稿时长

3.1 months

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