Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes
Postharvest cherry tomatoes are prone to senescence, decay and nutrient loss during the storage period owing to microbial invasion and their own metabolism. In this work, postharvest cherry tomatoes were treated with a composite coating of 1% chitosan and 1% curdlan, and the characteristics of posth...
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| author | Youwei Yu Kejing Yan Huanhuan Zhang Yanyin Song Yuan Chang Kunyu Liu Shaoying Zhang Meilin Cui |
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| description | Postharvest cherry tomatoes are prone to senescence, decay and nutrient loss during the storage period owing to microbial invasion and their own metabolism. In this work, postharvest cherry tomatoes were treated with a composite coating of 1% chitosan and 1% curdlan, and the characteristics of postharvest cherry tomatoes during storage were investigated. Compared to control samples, after 21 d of storage under ambient conditions, the cherry tomatoes treated with the chitosan and curdlan coatings showed less rottenness, less weight loss, a lower respiration rate, reduced ethylene production, lower malonaldehyde (MDA) content and reduced membrane permeability. After the samples were treated with the composite coating, the activities of free radical scavenging enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) were maintained at higher levels; the activities of related disease-resistant enzymes such as chitinase (CHI) and glucanase (GLU) were also maintained at higher levels. The soluble solids, titratable acidity, firmness, vitamin C content, lycopene content and antioxidant activities of postharvest cherry tomatoes treated with the composite coating exhibited higher levels as well. The composite coating of chitosan and curdlan might be a potentially promising method for preserving postharvest cherry tomatoes and other fruits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7cedd62f8d834a32bc1f395cbb2fd20d2025-08-19T22:01:27ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242023-09-0199103310.3390/horticulturae9091033Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry TomatoesYouwei Yu0Kejing Yan1Huanhuan Zhang2Yanyin Song3Yuan Chang4Kunyu Liu5Shaoying Zhang6Meilin Cui7College of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030000, ChinaPostharvest cherry tomatoes are prone to senescence, decay and nutrient loss during the storage period owing to microbial invasion and their own metabolism. In this work, postharvest cherry tomatoes were treated with a composite coating of 1% chitosan and 1% curdlan, and the characteristics of postharvest cherry tomatoes during storage were investigated. Compared to control samples, after 21 d of storage under ambient conditions, the cherry tomatoes treated with the chitosan and curdlan coatings showed less rottenness, less weight loss, a lower respiration rate, reduced ethylene production, lower malonaldehyde (MDA) content and reduced membrane permeability. After the samples were treated with the composite coating, the activities of free radical scavenging enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) were maintained at higher levels; the activities of related disease-resistant enzymes such as chitinase (CHI) and glucanase (GLU) were also maintained at higher levels. The soluble solids, titratable acidity, firmness, vitamin C content, lycopene content and antioxidant activities of postharvest cherry tomatoes treated with the composite coating exhibited higher levels as well. The composite coating of chitosan and curdlan might be a potentially promising method for preserving postharvest cherry tomatoes and other fruits.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/9/1033cherry tomatopreservationchitosancurdlancomposite coating |
| spellingShingle | Youwei Yu Kejing Yan Huanhuan Zhang Yanyin Song Yuan Chang Kunyu Liu Shaoying Zhang Meilin Cui Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes cherry tomato preservation chitosan curdlan composite coating |
| title | Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes |
| title_full | Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes |
| title_fullStr | Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes |
| title_short | Edible Composite Coating of Chitosan and Curdlan Maintains Fruit Quality of Postharvest Cherry Tomatoes |
| title_sort | edible composite coating of chitosan and curdlan maintains fruit quality of postharvest cherry tomatoes |
| topic | cherry tomato preservation chitosan curdlan composite coating |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/9/1033 |
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