Mujtaba Muhammad, Ali Qasid, Yilmaz Bahar Akyuz, Seckin Kurubas Mehmet, Ustun Hayri, Erkan Mustafa, Kaya Murat, Cicek Mehmet, Oner Ebru Toksoy
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, Espoo FI-02044, Finland.
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, 07059 Antalya, Turkey.
Food Chem. 2023 Aug 1;416:135816. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135816. Epub 2023 Mar 3.
Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruits are prone to quality and quantity loss in shelf-life conditions and cold storage due to their short post-harvest life. Until now efforts have been made to extend the shelf life of the sweet cherry. However, an efficient and commercially scalable process remains elusive. To contribute to this challenge, here in this study, biobased composite coatings consisting of chitosan, mucilage, and levan, were applied on sweet cherry fruits and tested for postharvest parameters in both market and cold storage conditions. Results demonstrated that the shelf life of sweet cherries can be extended until the 30 day while retaining important post-harvest properties like decreased weight loss, fungal deterioration, increased stem removal force, total flavonoid, l-ascorbic acid, and oxalic acid. Given the cost-effectiveness of the polymers used, the findings of this study indicate the feasibility of extending the shelf-life of sweet cherries on a larger scale.
甜樱桃（Prunus avium L.）果实由于采后寿命短，在货架期条件和冷藏中容易出现质量和数量损失。到目前为止，人们一直在努力延长甜樱桃的货架期。然而，一种高效且可商业扩展的方法仍然难以实现。为应对这一挑战，在本研究中，将由壳聚糖、黏液和果聚糖组成的生物基复合涂层应用于甜樱桃果实，并在市场和冷藏条件下对采后参数进行了测试。结果表明，甜樱桃的货架期可以延长至30天，同时保留重要的采后特性，如重量损失减少、真菌变质减少、果梗去除力增加、总黄酮、L-抗坏血酸和草酸含量增加。鉴于所用聚合物的成本效益，本研究结果表明大规模延长甜樱桃货架期的可行性。
