Abstract
The effect of chitosan on respiration, ethylene production, and quality attributes of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit stored at 20C was investigated. Coating the fruit with chitosan solutions reduced the respiration rate and ethylene production, with greater effect at 2% than 1% chitosan. Coating increased the internal CO, and decreased the internal O 2 levels of the tomatoes. Chitosan-coated tomatoes were firmer, higher in titratable acidity, less decayed, and exhibited less red pigmentation than the control fruit at the end of storage. Chemical name used: 2-amino-2- deoxy-p-D)-glucan (chitosan).
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coating reduced tomato respiration rate, more at 2% than 1%.
- Taxon
- Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- respiration ratee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- greater effect at 2% than 1% chitosane0
- Comparator
- 1% chitosane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coating the fruit with chitosan solutions reduced the respiration rate and ethylene production, with greater effect at 2% than 1% chitosan.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coating reduced ethylene production, more at 2% than 1%.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- ethylene productione0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- greater effect at 2% than 1% chitosane0
- Comparator
- 1% chitosane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coating the fruit with chitosan solutions reduced the respiration rate and ethylene production, with greater effect at 2% than 1% chitosan.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coating increased internal CO.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- internal COe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coating increased the internal CO, and decreased the internal O 2 levels of the tomatoes.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coating decreased internal O 2.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- internal O 2 levelse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Coating increased the internal CO, and decreased the internal O 2 levels of the tomatoes.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan-coated tomatoes had firmer than control fruit at the end of storage.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- firmere0
- Direction
- firmere0
- Qualifier
- at the end of storagee0
- Comparator
- control fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chitosan-coated tomatoes were firmer, higher in titratable acidity, less decayed, and exhibited less red pigmentation than the control fruit at the end of storage.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan-coated tomatoes had higher titratable acidity than control fruit at the end of storage.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- titratable aciditye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- at the end of storagee0
- Comparator
- control fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chitosan-coated tomatoes were firmer, higher in titratable acidity, less decayed, and exhibited less red pigmentation than the control fruit at the end of storage.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan-coated tomatoes had less decay than control fruit at the end of storage.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- decayede0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Qualifier
- at the end of storagee0
- Comparator
- control fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chitosan-coated tomatoes were firmer, higher in titratable acidity, less decayed, and exhibited less red pigmentation than the control fruit at the end of storage.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan-coated tomatoes had less red pigmentation than control fruit at the end of storage.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chitosant0
- Outcome
- red pigmentatione0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Qualifier
- at the end of storagee0
- Comparator
- control fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chitosan-coated tomatoes were firmer, higher in titratable acidity, less decayed, and exhibited less red pigmentation than the control fruit at the end of storage.”
t0“Chitosan Coating to Extend the Storage Life of Tomatoes”
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