Título : Influence of Storage on Physiological Properties, Chemical Composition, and Bioactive Compounds on Cactus Pear Fruit (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) |
Autor : Almansa Pascual de Riquelme, María Soledad Andreu Coll, Lucía  García Pastor, María Emma  Valero, Daniel  Amorós, Asunción  Legua, Pilar  |
Editor : MDPI |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada |
Fecha de publicación: 2021-01 |
URI : https://hdl.handle.net/11000/36259 |
Resumen :
Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) fruit from ‘Orito’ cultivar were stored at 2 ◦C
and 90% RH for 28 days plus three days at 20 ◦C (shelf life, SL). This research analysed the changes
in fruit quality parameters (weight loss, firmness, color, titratable acidity, and total soluble solids),
ethylene production, respiration rate, antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds (total phenols
and carotenoids) of cactus pear fruit during cold and shelf life storage. Under cold conditions, CO2
production decreased, and ethylene production increased slightly, while under shelf life conditions
CO2 production increased and ethylene production increased more sharply. Firmness increased
under cold conditions and did not change during shelf life period. The content of total soluble solids
(TSS), titratable acidity (TA), pH, total carotenoids, and lipo-antioxidant activity (L-TAA) remained
stable under both conservation conditions. However, hydro-antioxidant activity (H-TAA) increased
under both cold and shelf life conditions, and total phenols remained stable during cold storage
and increased under shelf life conditions. Besides, weight loss was acceptable under both storage
conditions, and color changes were more pronounced under shelf life storage. These results show
that the marketability of cactus pear fruit from ‘Orito’ cultivar was acceptable until the end of the
storage under cold and shelf life conditions.
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Palabras clave/Materias: prickly pear storage shelf life fruit quality antioxidants |
Tipo de documento : info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional |
DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010062 |
Aparece en las colecciones: Artículos Biología Aplicada
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