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Effect of gum arabic edible coating incorporated with African baobab pulp extract on postharvest quality of cold stored blueberries

Food Science and Biotechnology volume 29, pages 217–226 (2020)Cite this article

Abstract

The marketability of blueberries over long distances has been limited because of their highly perishability. To prolong the postharvest shelf life and conserve quality properties of blueberry, various alternatives have been evaluated. We studied the influence of gum arabic (GA) alone or GA enhanced with African baobab (AB) fruit extract on blueberry during cold storage (4 °C) for 21 days. Physico-chemical properties (e.g. pH, color, firmness, and weight loss), microbial decay, antioxidant properties, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POD) activity were investigated. The fruit treated with GA combined AB indicated a significant delay in microbial decay, firmness loss, weight loss, and color change. The treatments on blueberries resulted in better preservation of total phenols and total anthocyanins delayed the increase in total soluble solids as compared to the control. The coatings lowered the activities of PPO and POD enzymes and delayed microbial decay in coated blueberry during 21 days of storage.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017M611736; 2017); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31750110458; 2017).

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Haroon Elrasheid Tahir has received research Grants from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation and National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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  1. School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Rd., Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China

    Haroon Elrasheid Tahir, Li Zhihua, Zou Xiaobo, Muhammad Arslan, Huang Xiaowei & Zhikun Yang

  2. Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

    Gustav Komla Mahunu

  3. College of Sciences and Arts-Alkamil, University of Jeddah, P.O. Box 110, Alkamil, 2193, Saudi Arabia

    Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

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Tahir, H.E., Zhihua, L., Mahunu, G.K. et al. Effect of gum arabic edible coating incorporated with African baobab pulp extract on postharvest quality of cold stored blueberries. Food Sci Biotechnol 29, 217–226 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-019-00659-9

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Keywords

  • Blueberry
  • African baobab
  • Gum arabic
  • Edible coating
  • Postharvest shelf life