Improvement of Postharvest Quality of Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Using Polysaccharide-Based Edible Coatings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials
2.2. Coating Treatments of Fruits
2.3. Evaluation of Fruit Quality
2.3.1. Measurement of Titratable Acidity (TA), Firmness, Vitamin C (vit C), Total Soluble Solids (TSS), pH, and Weight Loss
2.3.2. Total Phenolic Compounds, Total Anthocyanin, and Flavonoid Contents
2.3.3. Total Antioxidant Activity
2.3.4. Peroxidase (POD), Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) and Polygalacturonase (PG) Activities
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. TA, Firmness, vit C, TSS, pH and Weight Loss
3.2. Total Phenolic Compounds, Total Anthocyanin and Flavonoid Contents and Total Antioxidant Activity
3.3. POD, PPO and PG Enzymes Activities
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pec | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
0.5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1.0 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
1.5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Panahirad, S.; Naghshiband-Hassani, R.; Bergin, S.; Katam, R.; Mahna, N. Improvement of Postharvest Quality of Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Using Polysaccharide-Based Edible Coatings. Plants 2020, 9, 1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091148
Panahirad S, Naghshiband-Hassani R, Bergin S, Katam R, Mahna N. Improvement of Postharvest Quality of Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Using Polysaccharide-Based Edible Coatings. Plants. 2020; 9(9):1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091148
Chicago/Turabian StylePanahirad, Sima, Rahim Naghshiband-Hassani, Sara Bergin, Ramesh Katam, and Nasser Mahna. 2020. "Improvement of Postharvest Quality of Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Using Polysaccharide-Based Edible Coatings" Plants 9, no. 9: 1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091148