Abstract
In this study, chitosan-based coating was used in tangerines in a 30-day storage period, at controlled temperature of 10°C. The selected fruits presented green surface (± 90%); they were sanitized in chlorinated water (100 mg/L) then immersed in chitosan solutions at chitosan concentrations of 0.5 g/100 ml (T2), 1 g/100 ml (T3), and 2 g/100 ml (T4) and a lot was placed aside as control treatment (T1). Tangerines were evaluated in terms of loss of mass, skin color, soluble solids, vitamin C, and titratable acidity in a 30-day storage period and weight loss kinetics was evaluated through mathematical models. The results showed that chitosan coating was effective in delaying weight loss of tangerines and the mathematical models used in the evaluation could properly explain the weight loss. The polynomial model showed better adaptation to experimental data. Tangerines with higher chitosan concentration showed small color alteration during storage. Chitosan-based coatings were effective in keeping soluble solids, vitamin C, and titratable acidity during storage. In all physicochemical characteristics analyzed, chitosan-based coating in tangerines were superior when compared with control fruits. Key words: Citrus, chitosan, postharvest, shelf life, quality.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coating delayed tangerine weight loss.
- Taxon
- tangerines
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Citrus reticulatae0 - Treatment
- chitosan coatinge0
- Outcome
- weight losse0
- Direction
- delayinge0
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Verbatim
e0“chitosan coating was effective in delaying weight loss of tangerines”
Claim · model-written summary
Mathematical models explained tangerine weight loss.
- Taxon
- tangerinesCitrus reticulatat0
- Outcome
- weight losse0
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t0“tangerines”
e0“the mathematical models used in the evaluation could properly explain the weight loss”
Claim · model-written summary
The polynomial model fit experimental weight loss data better.
- Taxon
- tangerinesCitrus reticulatat0
- Outcome
- better adaptation to experimental datae0
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t0“tangerines”
e0“The polynomial model showed better adaptation to experimental data”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher chitosan concentration limited tangerine color alteration during storage.
- Taxon
- TangerinesCitrus reticulatae0
- Treatment
- higher chitosan concentratione0
- Outcome
- color alteratione0
- Direction
- smalle0
- Qualifier
- during storagee0
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Verbatim
e0“Tangerines with higher chitosan concentration showed small color alteration during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan coatings maintained soluble solids, vitamin C, and titratable acidity during storage.
- Taxon
- tangerinesCitrus reticulatat0
- Treatment
- Chitosan-based coatingse0
- Outcome
- soluble solids, vitamin C, and titratable aciditye0
- Direction
- keepinge0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tangerines”
e0“Chitosan-based coatings were effective in keeping soluble solids, vitamin C, and titratable acidity during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Coated tangerines were superior to controls on all analyzed physicochemical traits.
- Taxon
- tangerinesCitrus reticulatae0
- Treatment
- chitosan-based coatinge0
- Outcome
- physicochemical characteristicse0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- control fruitse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In all physicochemical characteristics analyzed, chitosan-based coating in tangerines were superior when compared with control fruits”
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