Abstract
Due to the importance of food and health benefits, onions are used and stored in large quantities. One of the problems encountered during onion storage is besides maintaining the chemical components at optimal values, the losses recorded by sprouting and stripping the bulbs. Physical and chemical properties as well as bioactive compounds and weight loss of the onion bulbs were determined during storage under the influence of an UV-C treatment with doses of 2 kJm -2 . The results showed that UV-C illumination treatment do not lead to significant differences concerning the size of onion during storage. Weight losses of onion were lower in onions treated by UV-C illumination during storage. Dry matter, the soluble solids and total phenolic contents remained higher in treated onions. Treatment of onions by UV-C illumination determines the suppression of bulb sprouting. These findings demonstrate that the application of UV-C illumination to onions can be a method of extending their shelf life.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
UV-C illumination did not significantly alter onion size during storage.
- Taxon
- ONION
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- UV-C illumination treatmente0
- Outcome
- size of onione0
- Direction
- do not lead to significant differencese0
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Verbatim
e0“UV-C illumination treatment do not lead to significant differences concerning the size of onion during storage”
t0“ONION BULBS (ALLIUM CEPA L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-C treated onions lost less weight during storage.
- Taxon
- onionAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- UV-C illuminatione0
- Outcome
- Weight losses of onione0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Weight losses of onion were lower in onions treated by UV-C illumination during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-C illumination suppressed onion bulb sprouting.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- UV-C illuminatione0
- Outcome
- bulb sproutinge0
- Direction
- suppressione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment of onions by UV-C illumination determines the suppression of bulb sprouting”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that UV-C illumination can extend onion shelf life.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- UV-C illuminatione0
- Outcome
- extending their shelf lifee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the application of UV-C illumination to onions can be a method of extending their shelf life”
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