2024-03-29T00:55:31Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1701252018-09-26T00:58:30Zcom_10261_131com_10261_2col_10261_384
Domínguez, Irene
Lafuente, María Teresa
Hernández Muñoz, Pilar
Gavara, Rafael
2018-09-25T05:48:44Z
2018-09-25T05:48:44Z
2016-04-18
Food Chemistry 209: 211-219 (2016)
0308-8146
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/170125
10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.049
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
Controlling storage atmosphere is a key factor for delaying postharvest fruit quality loss. The objective of this study is to evaluate its influence on physico-chemical, sensorial and nutritional quality attributes of two tomato fruit cultivars (Delizia and Pitenza) that respectively have a short- and long-storage life. To that end, the effect of two types of bags with different gas permeability, combined or not with an ethylene sorbent, on tomato organoleptic and nutritional properties were compared during fruit storage at 13 °C. CO2 and O2 were critical factors for controlling tomato postharvest behaviour. Weight loss, firmness, color and visual quality were only affected by bag permeability just as total sugar content and acidity for Pitenza tomatoes. (trans)-2-Hexenal also appears to be related with CO2 and O2 levels. Lycopene, total phenols (TP) and ascorbic acid (AA) contents were also affected by the packaging form and the storage length. Ethylene removal in combination with MAP led to a higher content in TP and AA in the short-life tomato cultivar.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
openAccess
Ascorbic acid
Ethylene
Lycopene
Modified atmosphere
Phenolic compounds
Quality
Influence of modified atmosphere and ethylene levels on quality attributes of fresh tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
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