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Apples are rich in phenolic compounds called polyphenols. Cutting an apple allows polyphenol oxidase enzymes to rapidly oxidize, turning the apple brown.
Dear christineg, Apples decompose much faster if they are cut open than if they are left whole. To see why this is so, consider the mechanism by which an intact apple matures. The apple breathes, as it were, through its peel. It takes in oxygen and converts it to carbon dioxide, which is in return released through the peel. The conversion of oxygen to carbon dioxide causes the cells of the apple to decompose. This is oxidation, the same process whereby cars rust and eventually fall apart. Similarly, during the oxidation of an apple, its starch decomposes into sugar, which decomposes further into organic materials.