Gum arabic as a novel edible coating for enhancing shelf-life and improving postharvest quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asgar Ali ◽  
Mehdi Maqbool ◽  
Senthil Ramachandran ◽  
Peter G. Alderson
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Rowaa Ghannam ◽  
Shimaa Abdelsalam ◽  
Afaf Amin ◽  
Maha Hewedy

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 2919
Author(s):  
Zuliana Razali ◽  
Chandran Somasundram ◽  
Siti Zalifah Nurulain ◽  
Wijenthiran Kunasekaran ◽  
Matthew Raj Alias

Cherry tomatoes are climacteric fruits that have a limited shelf life. Over the years, many methods have been applied to preserve the fruit quality and safety of these fruits. In this study, a novel method of combining mucilage from dragon fruits and UV-C irradiation was carried out. Cherry tomatoes were subjected to UV-C irradiation and edible coating, both as a stand-alone and hurdle treatment. The edible coating was prepared from the mucilage of white dragon fruits. Quality parameters including color, weight loss, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, antioxidant analysis (total phenolic content and flavonoid content), and microbial analysis were measured throughout 21 days of storage at 4 °C. Results showed that the hurdle treatment extended shelf life by 21 days, reduced weight loss (0.87 ± 0.05%) and color changes (11.61 ± 0.95 ΔE), and inhibited microbes better than stand-alone treatments. Furthermore, fruits treated with the combination of UV-C and edible coating also contained higher total polyphenol content (0.132 ± 0.003 mg GAE/100 mL), total flavonoid content (13.179 ± 0.002 mg CE/100 mL), and ascorbic acid (1.07 ± 0.06 mg/100 mL). These results show that the combination of UV-C and edible coating as a hurdle treatment could be an innovative method to preserve shelf life and quality of fruits.


2012 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Domínguez ◽  
Federico Ferreres ◽  
Fernando Pascual del Riquelme ◽  
Rafael Font ◽  
María I. Gil

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1537-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhikun Yang ◽  
Xiaobo Zou ◽  
Zhihua Li ◽  
Xiaowei Huang ◽  
Xiaodong Zhai ◽  
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