Data supporting the role of enzymes and polysaccharides during cassava postharvest physiological deterioration

Virgílio Gavicho Uarrota; Rodolfo Moresco; Eder Carlos Schmidt; Zenilda Laurita Bouzon; Eduardo da Costa Nunes; Enilto de Oliveira Neubert; Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch; Miguel Rocha; Marcelo Maraschin

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.12.043

Data supporting the role of enzymes and polysaccharides during cassava postharvest physiological deterioration

Data Brief. 2016 Jan 6:6:503-6. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.12.043. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Authors

Virgílio Gavicho Uarrota¹, Rodolfo Moresco¹, Eder Carlos Schmidt², Zenilda Laurita Bouzon², Eduardo da Costa Nunes³, Enilto de Oliveira Neubert³, Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch³, Miguel Rocha⁴, Marcelo Maraschin¹

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Santa Catarina, Plant Science Center, Plant Morphogenesis and Biochemistry Laboratory, 1346 Admar Gonzaga Road, Florianópolis, SC 88034-001, Brazil.
² Federal University of Santa Catarina, Laboratory of Plant Cell Biology, Centre for Biological Sciences, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil.
³ Santa Catarina State Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Agency (EPAGRI), Experimental Station of Urussanga (EEUR), SC 446 Road, Km 19, Urussanga, SC 88840-000, Brazil.
⁴ Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.

Abstract

This data article is referred to the research article entitled The role of ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase, and polysaccharides in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) roots under postharvest physiological deterioration by Uarrota et al. (2015). Food Chemistry 197, Part A, 737-746. The stress duo to PPD of cassava roots leads to the formation of ROS which are extremely harmful and accelerates cassava spoiling. To prevent or alleviate injuries from ROS, plants have evolved antioxidant systems that include non-enzymatic and enzymatic defence systems such as ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase and polysaccharides. In this data article can be found a dataset called "newdata", in RData format, with 60 observations and 06 variables. The first 02 variables (Samples and Cultivars) and the last 04, spectrophotometric data of ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase, tocopherol, total proteins and arcsined data of cassava PPD scoring. For further interpretation and analysis in R software, a report is also provided. Means of all variables and standard deviations are also provided in the Supplementary tables ("data.long3.RData, data.long4.RData and meansEnzymes.RData"), raw data of PPD scoring without transformation (PPDmeans.RData) and days of storage (days.RData) are also provided for data analysis reproducibility in R software.

Keywords: Cassava; Deterioration; Enzymes; PPD, Postharvest physiological deterioration; R software; ROS, Reactive oxygen species; Supporting data.