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Effect of Chitosan–Olive Oil Processing Residues Coatings on Keeping Quality of Cold‐Storage Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa. Var. Festival)

Food quality • 2016
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Authors Ibrahim Khalifa, Hassan Barakat, Hamdy A El‐Mansy, Soliman A Soliman
Keywords Olive, Chitosan, Strawberry
Journal Food quality
Publisher wiley
Volume 39
Issue 5
Pages 504–515
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
Strawberry fruits have a very short shelf-life owing to their high degree of perishability. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of chitosan (CH) incorporated with olive oil residues (OOR) coatings on overall quality of cold-stored strawberry fruits compared to watery wax incorporated with thiabendazole. Strawberries were sprayed after infected with Rhizopus stolonifer with six different coating formulas and uncoated fruits. Indeed, all freshness and microbiological parameters were significantly increased in uncoated fruits compared to coated fruits. Amazingly, the coated strawberry using CH-OOR 2% was reduced significantly the gradual decline in their contents of total phenolics, flavonoids and their antioxidants. Likewise, it was the lowest fruits in decayed area, fungal count and malondialdehyde development. Then, fruits were coated with CH-OOR showed uniform coating distribution, since it was impossible to see any pores. Therefore, coating treatments with CH-OOR was improved the membrane integrity and increased the keeping quality.