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Efficiency of Turmeric, Hibiscus and Beet Root Extracts as an Eco-Friendly Edible Coating to Extend storage Life of Hass Avocado Fruit

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is a tropical and subtropical climacteric fruit of Central America. Avocados fruits are increasingly consumed in Europe due to their organoleptic, functional properties and nutritional value. It is necessary to maintain high quality of the fruit after harvest for the distant imported market through sustainable solutions. Therefore, this experiment was aimed to increase the quality and storage potential of “Hass" avocado fruits through natural and water-based edible coatings. The treatments include aqueous extracts of beet root, hibiscus, turmeric and control treatments (water) during cold storage (8 ±1°C). The results indicated that, after six weeks of Hass avocado storage, both turmeric extract and beet root extract significantly decreased decay percent, weight loss percent as well as maintained higher TSS and vitamin C content compared to the control. Turmeric extract maintained high titratable acidity content, total chlorophyll of fruit pulp, carotenoid content and total phenols content compared to the control treatment. In addition turmeric acid recorded the lowest significant polyphenol oxidase activity followed by beet root extract, while the control treatment recorded the highest activity. This study supports the efficacy of turmeric extract and beet root extract in extending storage life of avocado Hass fruit via natural tools.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.142242.6217

Keywords

Hibiscus, polyphenoloxidase, phenols, Pigments, Persea americana

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Rashedy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Cairo University

Email

ahmed.rasheedy@agr.cu.edu.eg

City

giza

Orcid

0000-0002-0297-1594

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Shaban

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

aymsh70@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Amira

Last Name

El-Wakil

MiddleName

Fahmy

Affiliation

3Researcher at Post-harvest Research Department, Horticultural Research inistute, Agricultural research center, Giza, Egypt

Email

amirafw@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abd El-Hamid

MiddleName

Abd El-Hamid

Affiliation

Associate Professor at the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt.

Email

ahmed_abdelhamid@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Abdel Moniem

MiddleName

Abdel Hamid

Affiliation

Horticulture Crops Technology Department, Agricultural and Biological Division, National Research Centre

Email

eman_abdel_moniem@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-2737-4398

Volume

66

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

41553

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2022-06-01

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

41

Page End

48

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_259476.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Efficiency of Turmeric, Hibiscus and Beet Root Extracts as an Eco-Friendly Edible Coating to Extend storage Life of Hass Avocado Fruit

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30 Dec 2024