Claim · model-written summary
The 1:1 CTS/CUR composite coating significantly outperformed the individual coatings and uncoated samples in maintaining postharvest cherry tomato quality.
- Taxon
- Cherry tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0 - Treatment
- CTS/CUR composite coating at a 1:1 ratioe3
- Outcome
- quality of postharvest cherry tomatoese3
- Direction
- significantly outperformede3
- Comparator
- individual CTS or CUR coating and uncoated samplese3
- Setting
- at 25 ± 1 °C with a relative humidity of approximately 92% over 10 dayse4
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Verbatim
e0“Cherry tomatoes served as the test material for assessing the preservative efficacy of these coatings”
e3“the CTS/CUR composite coating at a 1:1 ratio significantly outperformed the individual CTS or CUR coating and uncoated samples in maintaining the quality of postharvest cherry tomatoes”
e4“conducted at 25 ± 1 °C with a relative humidity of approximately 92% over 10 days”
Title
Youwei Yu; Kunyu Liu; Shaoying Zhang; et al. Foods 2024. doi:10.3390/foods13030441
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Incorporating CUR improved the tensile strength and elongation at break of the coating.
- Intervention effect The coating showed enhanced permeability to water vapor, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
- Intervention effect The coating improved light transmission.
- Recommendation Water-soluble chitosan/curdlan composite coatings have considerable potential for preserving postharvest fruits and vegetables.