Extraction, texture analysis and polysaccharide epitope mapping data of sequential extracts of strawberry, apple, tomato and aubergine fruit parenchyma

Valérie Cornuault; Sara Pose; J Paul Knox

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.013

Extraction, texture analysis and polysaccharide epitope mapping data of sequential extracts of strawberry, apple, tomato and aubergine fruit parenchyma

Data Brief. 2018 Jan 31:17:314-320. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.013. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Valérie Cornuault¹, Sara Pose², J Paul Knox³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North 4412, New Zealand.
² Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain.
³ Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The data included in this article are related to the research article entitled "Disentangling pectic homogalacturonan and rhamnogalacturonan-I polysaccharides: evidence for sub-populations in fruit parenchyma systems" (Cornuault et al., 2018) [1]. Cell wall properties are an important contributor to fruit texture. These datasets compile textural and immunochemical analysis of polysaccharides of four economically important fruit crops: tomato, strawberry, aubergine and apple with contrasting textures and related taxonomical origins. Cell wall components and their extractability were assessed using characterized monoclonal antibodies. In addition, textural data obtained for the four parenchyma systems show variations in the mechanical properties. The two datasets are a basis to relate cell wall composition and organization to the mechanical properties of the fruit parenchyma tissues.

Keywords: Apple; Aubergine; Cell wall; Fruits; Monoclonal antibodies; Pectic polysaccharides; Rosaceae; Solanaceae; Strawberry; Texture; Tomato.