Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of biosynthesized Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles coated on fig fruits to assess the quality parameters such as total soluble solids, pH, colour, weight loss, firmness and microbial population. The coating solution was prepared by mixing the ZnO nanoparticles in premixed chitosan-acetic acid solution. The fresh fig fruits were dipped in coating solution with different concentrations [T1 (25), T2 (50), T3 (75), T4 (100), T5 (125), T6 (150), T7 (175) and T8 (200) ppm] of ZnO nanoparticles. The coated and uncoated (control) fig fruits were stored at room temperature. The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening, slowed down the weight loss, reduced the colour changes, increased the firmness of fruits and inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits. Hence, it was concluded that the application of ZnO nanoparticles coating is a promising approach to extend the shelf-life of fig fruits.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Fig fruits coated with 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening compared with uncoated fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.
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Ficus caricat0 - Treatment
- 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- ripeninge0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Comparator
- uncoated fig fruitse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e0“The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening”
e4“inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fig fruits coated with 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles slowed weight loss compared with uncoated fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.Ficus caricat0
- Treatment
- 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- weight losse1
- Direction
- slowed downe1
- Comparator
- uncoated fig fruitse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e0“The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening”
e1“slowed down the weight loss”
e4“inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fig fruits coated with 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles reduced colour changes compared with uncoated fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.Ficus caricat0
- Treatment
- 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- colour changese2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Comparator
- uncoated fig fruitse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e0“The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening”
e2“reduced the colour changes”
e4“inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fig fruits coated with 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles had increased firmness compared with uncoated fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.Ficus caricat0
- Treatment
- 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- firmnesse3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Comparator
- uncoated fig fruitse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e0“The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening”
e3“increased the firmness of fruits”
e4“inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fig fruits coated with 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles inhibited microbial growth compared with uncoated fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.Ficus caricat0
- Treatment
- 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- growth of microorganisme4
- Direction
- inhibitede4
- Comparator
- uncoated fig fruitse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e0“The fig fruits coated with a concentration of 175 ppm ZnO nanoparticles delayed ripening”
e4“inhibited the growth of microorganism compared to uncoated fig fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
ZnO nanoparticle coating is a promising approach to extend the shelf life of fig fruits.
- Taxon
- Ficus carica L.Ficus caricat0
- Outcome
- shelf-lifee5
- Qualifier
- promising approache5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit”
e5“the application of ZnO nanoparticles coating is a promising approach to extend the shelf-life of fig fruits”
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