Abstract
Aloe vera is widely used to manufacture medicinal products, cosmetics, and hair treatments. The polysaccharide components in A. vera gel can be used as ingredients for edible films or coatings. The edible film can also be applied to fresh fruits and vegetables using the coating principle. Tomatoes are one of the fruit commodities that can be maintained in terms of quality during storage using an edible coating. This study aims to determine the effect of an edible coating made from A. vera on tomatoes’ physical, chemical, and organoleptic properties during storage. The A. vera gel was prepared and used for coating the tomatoes, and the tomatoes were then stored for twelve days. The analysis was conducted every three days, and a comparison with non-coated tomatoes was performed for tomatoes’ physicochemical and organoleptic properties. The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes, as described in the ability to decrease moisture content and weight loss. The coated tomatoes had lower titratable acidity value, pH, and total soluble solid contents than the non-coated tomatoes. From the organoleptic test, the non-coated tomatoes were preferred by the panelists for color, but the glossiness, skin appearance, and texture of the coated tomatoes were preferred. The coating process could maintain the hardness of tomatoes and prevent the production of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and lycopene; thus, the antioxidant activity could be conserved.
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Claim · model-written summary
Aloe vera coating could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes.
- Taxon
- Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- A. vera as a coating agente1
- Outcome
- shelf lifee1
- Direction
- prolonge1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes, as described in the ability to decrease moisture content and weight loss”
Claim · model-written summary
Aloe vera coating decreased moisture content and weight loss of tomatoes.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A. verae1
- Outcome
- moisture content and weight losse1
- Direction
- decreasee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes, as described in the ability to decrease moisture content and weight loss”
Claim · model-written summary
Coated tomatoes had lower titratable acidity, pH and total soluble solids than non-coated tomatoes.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A. verae1
- Outcome
- titratable acidity value, pH, and total soluble solid contentse2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Comparator
- non-coated tomatoese2
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Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e2“The coated tomatoes had lower titratable acidity value, pH, and total soluble solid contents than the non-coated tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Panelists preferred non-coated tomatoes for color.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A. verae1
- Outcome
- colore3
- Direction
- preferrede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e3“the non-coated tomatoes were preferred by the panelists for color”
Claim · model-written summary
Panelists preferred coated tomatoes for glossiness, skin appearance and texture.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A. verae1
- Outcome
- glossiness, skin appearance, and texturee4
- Direction
- preferrede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e4“but the glossiness, skin appearance, and texture of the coated tomatoes were preferred”
Claim · model-written summary
The coating process could maintain tomato hardness.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coating processe5
- Outcome
- hardnesse5
- Direction
- maintaine5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e5“The coating process could maintain the hardness of tomatoes and prevent the production of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and lycopene”
Claim · model-written summary
The coating process could prevent production of phenolic compounds, flavonoids and lycopene in tomatoes.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coating processe5
- Outcome
- production of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and lycopenee5
- Direction
- prevente5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e5“The coating process could maintain the hardness of tomatoes and prevent the production of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and lycopene”
Claim · model-written summary
Aloe vera coating could conserve tomato antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A. verae1
- Outcome
- antioxidant activitye6
- Direction
- conservede6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Quality of Tomatoes during Storage”
e1“The results show that the application of A. vera as a coating agent could prolong the shelf life of tomatoes”
e6“thus, the antioxidant activity could be conserved”
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