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Shelf-Life Prediction of Citrus Lemon Using a Multivariate Accelerated Shelf-Life Testing (MASLT) Approach Cover

Shelf-Life Prediction of Citrus Lemon Using a Multivariate Accelerated Shelf-Life Testing (MASLT) Approach

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|Jun 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Changes in weight loss of lemons during storage (A) and changes in moisture content (B)

Figure 2

Change in the firmness (A), changes in the total dissolved solid (B), changes in the hue angle (h*) (C), and total change in color difference (∆E*) of lemon samples during storage at temperatures of 25, 35, and 45 °C (D)

Figure 3

Multivariate kinetics of the PC1 score of lemon samples during storage at temperatures of 25, 35, and 45 °C

Figure 4

The relationship between storage temperature and shelf life of lemons (y = 129.99e−0.077x)

Parameters of zero-order reaction kinetics of PC1 score as a function of storage of lemons at temperatures of 25, 35, and 45 °C

TemperaturekmaLinear regressionkoEa
(°C)(PC1 per score day)Equationb(PC1 per score day)(kJ·mol−1)
250.3710ln km = 24.379 − 7576.9 (1/T)2.1762.99
350.7142
451.8428

Average ± standard deviation hedonic score of lemon fruit at storage temperature of 45 °C

Time (days)Average score

ColorFirmnessTextureAppearance
05.0 ± 0.05.0 ± 0.05.0 ± 0.05.0 ± 0.0
14.3 ± 0.64.0 ± 0.94.2 ± 0.84.2 ± 0.6
23.9 ± 1.13.3 ± 0.73.3 ± 1.03.9 ± 0.9
32.9 ± 0.82.6 ± 0.72.7 ± 1.02.8 ± 0.9
42.5 ± 1.01.7 ± 0.42.4 ± 1.02.4 ± 1.0
51.8 ± 0.41.0 ± 0.01.1 ± 0.31.1 ± 0.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2022-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3978 | Journal ISSN: 2300-5009
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 60
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2022
Accepted on: May 1, 2022
Published on: Jun 28, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2022 Rokhani Hasbullah, Egy R. Ismail, published by National Institute of Horticultural Research
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.