Abstract
Abstract Due to the high degree of perishability and vulnerability to spoilage, tomatoes have limited marketability, which leads to extensive postharvest losses. The edible coatings are generally used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables; therefore, this study investigated the use of chitosan and starfruit leaf extract (SFLE) in the composition of edible coatings for tomato fruit. Firmness, total titratable acidity, reducing sugar content and microbial load were measured every 5 days for 25 days. The results showed that the addition of SLFE to chitosan did not enhance the antimicrobial effect or firmness over the effects made by a separate use of chitosan and SFLE. Both components improved the shelf life of tomato fruits compared to untreated tomatoes.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Adding starfruit leaf extract to chitosan did not enhance antimicrobial effect over separate treatments.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume2 - Treatment
- addition of SLFE to chitosane0
- Outcome
- antimicrobial effecte0
- Direction
- did not enhancee0
- Comparator
- a separate use of chitosan and SFLEe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the addition of SLFE to chitosan did not enhance the antimicrobial effect or firmness over the effects made by a separate use of chitosan and SFLE”
e1“chitosan and starfruit leaf extract (SFLE)”
e2“coatings for tomato fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding starfruit leaf extract to chitosan did not enhance firmness over separate treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- addition of SLFE to chitosane0
- Outcome
- firmnesse0
- Direction
- did not enhancee0
- Comparator
- a separate use of chitosan and SFLEe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the addition of SLFE to chitosan did not enhance the antimicrobial effect or firmness over the effects made by a separate use of chitosan and SFLE”
e1“chitosan and starfruit leaf extract (SFLE)”
e2“coatings for tomato fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved tomato fruit shelf life versus untreated fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- chitosane1
- Outcome
- shelf lifee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- untreated tomatoese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both components improved the shelf life of tomato fruits compared to untreated tomatoes.”
e1“chitosan and starfruit leaf extract (SFLE)”
Claim · model-written summary
Starfruit leaf extract improved tomato fruit shelf life versus untreated fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- starfruit leaf extracte1
- Outcome
- shelf lifee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- untreated tomatoese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both components improved the shelf life of tomato fruits compared to untreated tomatoes.”
e1“chitosan and starfruit leaf extract (SFLE)”
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