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The Improvement of Tomato Shelf Life using Chitosan and Starfruit Leaf Extract as Edible Coatings

Journal of Horticultural Research

Volume 30 (2022): Issue 1 (June 2022)

By: Nafi Ananda Utama , Ririn Ernawati and Putrika Citta Pramesi

Open Access

|Jun 2022

Figures & Tables

Scheme of study design for one-day measurement

Image of the stored samples

Firmness as a function of observation days in tomato coated with different composition of chitosan-based edible coating enriched with SFLE

Days needed to reach 1.45 N·mm−1 firmness for tomato treated with different composition of chitosan-based edible coating enriched with SFLE

Total titratable acidity as a function of observation days in tomato coated different composition of chitosan-based edible coating enriched with SFLE

Reducing sugar content as a function of observation days in tomato coated different composition of chitosan-based edible coating enriched with SFLE

Total plate count (log CFU per mL ± SD)

Day	Chitosan	SFLE	Chitosan + SFLE	Control	p-value
5	5.70 ± 0.35^a	6.09 ± 0.44^a	5.67 ± 0.31^a	6.50 ± 0.35^a	0.330
10	6.12 ± 0.34^ab	5.73 ± 0.40^a	5.45 ± 0.45^a	7.12 ± 0.56^b	0.043
15	6.76 ± 0.41^b	5.90 ± 0.09^a	5.81 ± 0.26^a	7.01 ± 0.3^b	0.008
20	6.66 ± 0.70^b	6.28 ± 0.27^b	6.17 ± 0.38^b	7.02 ± 0.81^b	≈1.000
25	7.07 ± 0.71^b	7.11 ± 0.73^b	6.88 ± 0.66^b	7.81 ± 0.58^b	≈1.000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2022-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3978 | Journal ISSN: 2300-5009

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Language: English

Page range: 77 - 86

Submitted on: Dec 1, 2021

Accepted on: Apr 1, 2022

Published on: Jun 12, 2022

Published by: National Institute of Horticultural Research

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

microbial protection,

postharvest treatment,

Related subjects:

Life sciences, other

© 2022 Nafi Ananda Utama, Ririn Ernawati, Putrika Citta Pramesi, published by National Institute of Horticultural Research
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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