Abstract
Starch-based coatings were used to the extend storage life of strawberries (Fragaria ananassa) stored at 0°C and 84.8% relative humidity. Effects of coating formulation (including starch type, plasticizer, lipid and antimicrobial agent) were analysed with respect to fruit quality. Plasticizer addition was necessary for film and coating integrity to avoid pores and cracks. Plasticizer presence reduced weight losses and maintained surface colour of fruits. Amylomaize coatings showed lower water vapour and gas permeabilities and decreased weight losses for longer periods than corn starch ones. Coatings with sorbitol showed lower permeabilities than glycerol ones. Coatings with antimicrobial agents decreased microbial counts, extending storage life of coated fruits by 10 to 14 days in comparison to the control. The addition of 2 g/l sunflower oil to the formulations decreased the water vapour permeability of starch-based films, maintained the surface colour of coated fruits and controlled effectively fruit weight losses during storage. Lipid addition minimized the effects of starch and plasticizer types. Composite starch-based coatings showed selective gas permeability (CO2 higher than O2) which helps to delay senescence of fruits.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Plasticizer was necessary for film and coating integrity.
- Taxon
- strawberries
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- Plasticizer additione0
- Outcome
- film and coating integritye0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Plasticizer addition was necessary for film and coating integrity to avoid pores and cracks.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Plasticizer reduced strawberry weight loss and maintained surface colour.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Plasticizer presencee0
- Outcome
- weight losses and maintained surface coloure0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plasticizer presence reduced weight losses and maintained surface colour of fruits.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Amylomaize coatings had lower water vapour and gas permeability and longer reduction in fruit weight loss than corn starch.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Amylomaize coatingse0
- Outcome
- water vapour and gas permeabilitiese0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- corn starch onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Amylomaize coatings showed lower water vapour and gas permeabilities and decreased weight losses for longer periods than corn starch ones.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorbitol coatings had lower permeability than glycerol coatings.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Coatings with sorbitole0
- Outcome
- permeabilitiese0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- glycerol onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coatings with sorbitol showed lower permeabilities than glycerol ones.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Antimicrobial coatings reduced microbial counts.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Coatings with antimicrobial agentse0
- Outcome
- microbial countse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coatings with antimicrobial agents decreased microbial counts, extending storage life of coated fruits by 10 to 14 days in comparison to the control.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Antimicrobial coatings extended fruit storage life by 10 to 14 days against control.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Coatings with antimicrobial agentse0
- Outcome
- storage lifee0
- Direction
- extendinge0
- Value
- 10 to 14 dayse0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coatings with antimicrobial agents decreased microbial counts, extending storage life of coated fruits by 10 to 14 days in comparison to the control.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower oil reduced film water vapour permeability.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 2 g/l sunflower oile0
- Outcome
- water vapour permeability of starch-based filmse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The addition of 2 g/l sunflower oil to the formulations decreased the water vapour permeability of starch-based films”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower oil maintained coated fruit colour and controlled weight loss.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- sunflower oile0
- Outcome
- surface colour of coated fruits and controlled effectively fruit weight lossese0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The addition of 2 g/l sunflower oil to the formulations decreased the water vapour permeability of starch-based films, maintained the surface colour of coated fruits and controlled effectively fruit weight losses during storage.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Lipid addition minimized the effects of starch and plasticizer types.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Lipid additione0
- Outcome
- effects of starch and plasticizer typese0
- Direction
- minimizede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Lipid addition minimized the effects of starch and plasticizer types.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Composite coatings showed greater CO2 than O2 permeability.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- selective gas permeabilitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- O2e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Composite starch-based coatings showed selective gas permeability (CO2 higher than O2) which helps to delay senescence of fruits.”
t0“strawberries”
Claim · model-written summary
Selective coating gas permeability was interpreted to delay fruit senescence.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- senescence of fruitse0
- Qualifier
- selective gas permeabilitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“selective gas permeability (CO2 higher than O2) which helps to delay senescence of fruits.”
t0“strawberries”
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