Abstract
Abstract Pomegranate cultivar (“Ardestani”) peeled and packed in polyethylene containers and treated with different natural products. Two concentrations of Aloe vera gel (10 and 15%), two different levels of saffron petal extracts (10 and 20% V/V) and two concentrations of saffron style extract (0.1 and 1% V/V) and control in one storage condition (7°C and 85% RH) were the treatments that applied by a full factorial randomized method. We examined natural substances for their possible application in extending the shelf life of fresh‐cut horticultural products to find a new approach for packaging and exporting pomegranates. About 13.8% mass loss in the 12th day of storage occurred because of higher enzymatic activity and lower membrane resistance. Our results show that all treatments significantly reduced mass loss, and Aloe vera gel treatments combined with saffron petal extract were the best. Although all treatments decreased ion leakage, Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract reduced it significantly. Ion leakage incidence of arils at day 12 was lower in Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract treatment compare to control. Application of both saffron extracts on arils reduced decay incidence and chilling injury from 86.67% to 6.67% and 60% to 26.67%, respectively. Total acidity, soluble solids content, total phenol content, anthocyanin content, and antioxidant capacity of arils changed differently in different treatments, and saffron petal extract significantly was the best one and increased anthocyanin content, total phenol content, and antioxidant capacity in arils. The microbial contamination increased in more extended storage, although both saffron extracts were successfully suppressed mold and bacteria growth below acceptable limits in 14 days at 7°C.
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Claim · model-written summary
Arils lost about 13.8% mass by storage day 12.
- Taxon
- pomegranate
Punica granatumt0 - Outcome
- mass losse0
- Value
- 13.8%e0
- Qualifier
- 12th day of storagee0
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Verbatim
e0“About 13.8% mass loss in the 12th day of storage occurred”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
All treatments significantly reduced aril mass loss.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- all treatmentse0
- Outcome
- mass losse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“all treatments significantly reduced mass loss”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract treatments were best for reducing mass loss.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- Aloe vera gel treatments combined with saffron petal extracte0
- Outcome
- mass losse1
- Direction
- beste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Aloe vera gel treatments combined with saffron petal extract were the best”
e1“all treatments significantly reduced mass loss”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
All treatments decreased aril ion leakage.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- all treatmentse0
- Outcome
- ion leakagee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“all treatments decreased ion leakage”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract significantly reduced aril ion leakage relative to control at day 12.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract treatmente0
- Outcome
- Ion leakage incidencee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- day 12e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract reduced it significantly. Ion leakage incidence of arils at day 12 was lower in Aloe vera gel and saffron petal extract treatment compare to control”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Both saffron extracts reduced aril decay incidence from 86.67% to 6.67%.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- both saffron extractse0
- Outcome
- decay incidencee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 86.67% to 6.67%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of both saffron extracts on arils reduced decay incidence and chilling injury from 86.67% to 6.67% and 60% to 26.67%, respectively”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Both saffron extracts reduced aril chilling injury from 60% to 26.67%.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- both saffron extractse0
- Outcome
- chilling injurye0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 60% to 26.67%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of both saffron extracts on arils reduced decay incidence and chilling injury from 86.67% to 6.67% and 60% to 26.67%, respectively”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Total acidity and soluble solids content changed differently across treatments.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- different treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Total acidity, soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- changed differentlye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total acidity, soluble solids content, total phenol content, anthocyanin content, and antioxidant capacity of arils changed differently in different treatments”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Saffron petal extract significantly increased aril anthocyanin content, total phenol content, and antioxidant capacity.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- saffron petal extracte0
- Outcome
- anthocyanin content, total phenol content, and antioxidant capacitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“saffron petal extract significantly was the best one and increased anthocyanin content, total phenol content, and antioxidant capacity in arils”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Microbial contamination increased with longer storage.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Outcome
- microbial contaminatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Setting
- more extended storagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The microbial contamination increased in more extended storage”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Both saffron extracts suppressed mold and bacteria growth below acceptable limits for 14 days at 7°C.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- both saffron extractse0
- Outcome
- mold and bacteria growthe0
- Direction
- suppressede0
- Qualifier
- below acceptable limits in 14 days at 7°Ce0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both saffron extracts were successfully suppressed mold and bacteria growth below acceptable limits in 14 days at 7°C”
t0“peeled pomegranate”
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