The important health benefits of pomegranate fruit is Attributable to its
high concentration of polyphenolic compounds. This compounds concentration
is likely to be affected by cultivar, environment and development stage of fruits.
In this study,
some physic-chemical characteristics along with minerals (K,
Ca, Mg, and Fe) were determined in fruit during maturation stages every 20
day from 30 to 150 day-old fruit of two pomegranate accessions ‘Helo
Erbin’(AE) and ‘Lafan Al-Hesn’ (AH) grown in Syria. The highest percentage
of aril and juice and lowest percentage of peel were observed in 150-day-old
fruit.
The proteins of larvae, pupae and adults (females, males) of almond seed
wasp Eurytoma amygdali -Eurytomidae, were extracted and electro -
pHoresied on polyacrylamide gel.
Results showed clear differences in the quality of proteins between larvae,
pupae and adults. The accumulation of proteins started in the initial stage of
larva and increased clearly in the second stage with a continuation in the first
stage of pupa, but mostly absent with the progress of the pupa in a lifetime. It
was observed that there were differences between the proteins found in females
from those in males by showing the presence of a protein when the females
from the age of one day and continued its existence until the age of 7 days and
this protein was essential in the formation of the yolk of ovocytes.
