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Novel Prosopis juliflora leaf ethanolic extract coating for extending postharvest shelf-life of strawberries

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submitted on 2023-10-18, 08:53 and posted on 2023-10-18, 11:30 authored by Iman Saleh, Mohammed Abu-Dieyeh

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is a rich source of nutrients, minerals, and antioxidants including vitamin C. Its susceptibility to mechanical injuries, dehydration, and fungal infections make its postharvest shelf-life very short. Prosopis juliflora water-soluble leaf ethanolic (PJ-WS-LE) extract previously described by our team has a strong antifungal activity. The present study investigates the potential effect of PJ-WS-LE extract coating on the extension of strawberries shelf-life, and the values of the extract alone and the extract embedded in 1% chitosan (edible coating) in delaying spoilage-related symptoms and in maintaining good storage quality parameters at 4 °C. PJ-WS-LE extract alone extended strawberries shelf-life at 4 °C by 2.32 times. Best storage quality-parameters were observed with strawberry samples coated with PJ-WS-LE extract embedded in 1% chitosan, this includes liked sensory characteristics, maintenance of firmness and total soluble solids levels, lower surrounding microbial count, lower percent weight loss and lower total antioxidant levels increase.

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Published in: Food Control
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108641

Funding

Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library

History

Language

  • English

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Year

  • 2022

License statement

This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Institution affiliated with

  • Qatar University
  • College of Arts and Sciences - QU