Peptide isolated from a Cerrado frog increases strawberry shelf life

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Five minutes.

That was the amount of time that Oso Grande strawberries remained in contact with the Ctx(Ile21)-Ha peptide—a molecule isolated from a frog native to the Brazilian Cerrado—in experiments conducted in Brazil by scientists at the Tupã campus of São Paulo State University (UNESP).

It was enough to demonstrate the molecule's potential to extend the shelf life of the fruit, which is highly perishable. ...

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