Black Truffle Aroma Evaluation: SPME-GC-MS vs. Sensory Experts [PDF]
Nowadays, the truffle aroma attribute is not included as a quality parameter in the current recommendation that explains the truffle quality (UNECE standard 53 FFV3) and establishes the truffle commercial categories. However, the aroma is the main reason
Eva Tejedor-Calvo +4 more
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Efficiency of the traditional practice of traps to stimulate black truffle production, and its ecological mechanisms [PDF]
The black truffle Tuber melanosporum was disseminated all over the world, propelled by the development of a wide variety of empirical practices. A widespread practice, called ‘truffle trap’, consists of placing pieces of truffles into excavations dug ...
E. Taschen +8 more
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Orchard Conditions and Fruiting Body Characteristics Drive the Microbiome of the Black Truffle Tuber aestivum [PDF]
Truffle fungi are well known for their enticing aromas partially emitted by microbes colonizing truffle fruiting bodies. The identity and diversity of these microbes remain poorly investigated, because few studies have determined truffle-associated ...
Richard Splivallo +9 more
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Black Truffle Aqueous Extract Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in STZ-Induced Hyperglycemic Rats via Nrf2 and NF-κB Pathways [PDF]
Background and Purpose:Tuber melanosporum (black truffle) has been considered as a medicinal mushroom for a long time. T. melanosporum has the ability to attenuate oxidative stress and in turn diabetes mellitus (DM).
Tongze Zhang +4 more
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Chinese Black Truffle-Associated Bacterial Communities of Tuber indicum From Different Geographical Regions With Nitrogen Fixing Bioactivity [PDF]
It is well known that the microbes associated with truffle fruiting bodies play a very important role during the truffle lifecycle. Tuber indicum, commonly called Chinese black truffle, is a species endemic to Eastern Asia and in the genus of Tuber. Here,
Juan Chen +7 more
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The Report on the Effect of White and Black Truffle Extracts on Rat Semen Parameters In vitro [PDF]
Background: Truffle extracts possess the unique properties that make them potentially valuable for medicinal purposes. The use of truffles in reproductive medicine may be of particular interest for developing medications with both spermatozoa-activating ...
Victoria Nikolaevna Shelkovnikova +14 more
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Changes in Black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum) Aroma during Storage under Different Conditions [PDF]
The enticing aroma of truffles is a key factor for their culinary value. Although all truffle species tend to be pricy, the most intensely aromatic species are the most sought after.
Ruben Epping, Jan Lisec, Matthias Koch
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Insights into the potential metabolic basis of flavor formation during fermentation of black truffle (Tuber indicum) extract: combining sensory evaluation with metabolomics [PDF]
To improve flavor profile of lower-grade Chinese black truffle, a method combining water extraction and fermentation was developed. Sensory evaluation, volatile and non-volatile metabolomics were employed to trace the dynamic changes of aroma, VOCs, and ...
Yiye Luo +9 more
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Comparative Study of Mechanical and Biological Pretreatment for Releasing Spores of Black Truffle Tuber aestivum [PDF]
It is well known that the number of true truffles in the wild is decreasing. The aim of the study was to develop an effective, simple and affordable method of asci disruption to release black truffle spores.
E. V. Malygina +9 more
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Transcriptome analysis reveals the effect of cold storage time on the expression of genes related to oxidative metabolism in Chinese black truffle [PDF]
Chinese black truffle (Tuber indicum) is a hypogenous fungus of great value due to its distinctive aroma. In this study, both transcriptome and physicochemical analyses were performed to investigate the changes of nutrients and gene expression in truffle
Runji Zhang +6 more
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