Abstract
ABSTRACT Postharvest deterioration represents a major challenge in maintaining the market quality of peach fruit, and the application of environmentally benign treatments such as edible coatings has gained increasing attention as an effective strategy to extend storage life. Accordingly, the present study evaluated the effects of several natural coating materials on the postharvest quality of peach ( Prunus persica L.). The experimental treatments consisted of salicylic acid at three concentrations (0, 1, and 2 mM), Aloe vera gel at 0%, 20%, and 30%, and clove extract at 0, 150, and 300 ppm. Overall, the application of edible coatings significantly enhanced fruit storability and quality attributes compared with untreated control fruit. Among the treatments, fruit treated with 2 mM salicylic acid and 300 ppm clove extract exhibited the highest fruit weight (89.66 g). Whereas the fruits without salicylic acid application showed the greatest fruit weight loss (15.55%) and the highest vitamin C (32.02 mg 100 g −1 FW) was obtained at 2 mM salicylic acid treatment. In terms of clove extract treatments, fruit coated with 300 ppm clove extract maintained the greatest fruit texture firmness (3.69 kg cm −2 ), total phenolic content (219.88 mg GAE 100 g −1 FW), vitamin C (mg 100 g −1 FW), and total antioxidant capacity (446.94 μmol TE g −1 FW), whereas no application treatment recorded the highest fruit weight loss (14.72%) and total acidity (4.16 g malic acid 100 g −1 FW). In conclusion, the findings demonstrate that natural edible coatings, particularly when applied in combination, are effective in reducing oxidative stress, suppressing enzymatic browning, and improving postharvest quality, thereby representing a promising and sustainable approach for extending the shelf life of peach fruit. These findings suggest that activation of antioxidant system likely stimulated by salicylic acid and supplemented by aloe vera or clove extract was a central mechanism underlying quality preservation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Edible coatings significantly improved peach storability and quality versus untreated fruit.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)
Prunus persicae1 - Treatment
- edible coatingse0
- Outcome
- fruit storability and quality attributese0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- untreated control fruite0
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Verbatim
e0“application of edible coatings significantly enhanced fruit storability and quality attributes compared with untreated control fruit”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined 2 mM salicylic acid and 300 ppm clove extract gave the highest fruit weight.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- 2 mM salicylic acid and 300 ppm clove extracte0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 89.66 ge0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit treated with 2 mM salicylic acid and 300 ppm clove extract exhibited the highest fruit weight (89.66 g)”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit without salicylic acid had the greatest weight loss.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- without salicylic acid applicatione0
- Outcome
- fruit weight losse0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Value
- 15.55%e0
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Verbatim
e0“fruits without salicylic acid application showed the greatest fruit weight loss (15.55%)”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
At 2 mM salicylic acid, vitamin C was highest.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- 2 mM salicylic acid treatmente0
- Outcome
- vitamin Ce0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 32.02 mg 100 g −1 FWe0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“highest vitamin C (32.02 mg 100 g −1 FW) was obtained at 2 mM salicylic acid treatment”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
A 300 ppm clove extract coating maintained the greatest firmness.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- 300 ppm clove extracte0
- Outcome
- fruit texture firmnesse0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Value
- 3.69 kg cm −2e0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit coated with 300 ppm clove extract maintained the greatest fruit texture firmness (3.69 kg cm −2 )”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
A 300 ppm clove extract coating maintained the greatest total phenolic content.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae2
- Treatment
- 300 ppm clove extracte1
- Outcome
- total phenolic contente0
- Direction
- greateste1
- Value
- 219.88 mg GAE 100 g −1 FWe0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“total phenolic content (219.88 mg GAE 100 g −1 FW)”
e1“fruit coated with 300 ppm clove extract maintained the greatest”
e2“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
A 300 ppm clove extract coating maintained the greatest vitamin C content.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae2
- Treatment
- 300 ppm clove extracte1
- Outcome
- vitamin Ce0
- Direction
- greateste1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“vitamin C (mg 100 g −1 FW)”
e1“fruit coated with 300 ppm clove extract maintained the greatest”
e2“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
A 300 ppm clove extract coating maintained the greatest antioxidant capacity.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae2
- Treatment
- 300 ppm clove extracte1
- Outcome
- total antioxidant capacitye0
- Direction
- greateste1
- Value
- 446.94 μmol TE g −1 FWe0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“total antioxidant capacity (446.94 μmol TE g −1 FW)”
e1“fruit coated with 300 ppm clove extract maintained the greatest”
e2“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
No clove extract produced the highest fruit weight loss.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- no application treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit weight losse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 14.72%e0
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Verbatim
e0“no application treatment recorded the highest fruit weight loss (14.72%)”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
No clove extract produced the highest total acidity.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- no application treatmente0
- Outcome
- total aciditye0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 4.16 g malic acid 100 g −1 FWe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“no application treatment recorded the highest fruit weight loss (14.72%) and total acidity (4.16 g malic acid 100 g −1 FW)”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The coatings reduced oxidative stress.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- natural edible coatingse0
- Outcome
- oxidative stresse0
- Direction
- reducinge0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“natural edible coatings, particularly when applied in combination, are effective in reducing oxidative stress, suppressing enzymatic browning, and improving postharvest quality”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The coatings suppressed enzymatic browning.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- natural edible coatingse0
- Outcome
- enzymatic browninge0
- Direction
- suppressinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“natural edible coatings, particularly when applied in combination, are effective in reducing oxidative stress, suppressing enzymatic browning, and improving postharvest quality”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The coatings improved postharvest quality.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- natural edible coatingse0
- Outcome
- postharvest qualitye0
- Direction
- improvinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“natural edible coatings, particularly when applied in combination, are effective in reducing oxidative stress, suppressing enzymatic browning, and improving postharvest quality”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest antioxidant system activation explains quality preservation.
- Taxon
- peach ( Prunus persica L.)Prunus persicae1
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- quality preservatione0
- Qualifier
- activation of antioxidant systeme0
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Verbatim
e0“activation of antioxidant system likely stimulated by salicylic acid and supplemented by aloe vera or clove extract was a central mechanism underlying quality preservation”
e1“peach ( Prunus persica L.)”
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