Effect of red thyme oil (Thymus vulgaris L.) vapours on fungal decay, quality parameters and shelf-life of oranges during cold storage.
Active packaging
Citrus fruit
Essential oils
GC–MS
Penicillium decay
Polypropylene (PubChem CID: 76958)
Shelf-life
Thymol (PubChem CID: 6989)
p-Cymene (PubChem CID: 7463)
ɣ-Terpinene (PubChem CID: 7461)
Journal
Food chemistry
ISSN: 1873-7072
Titre abrégé: Food Chem
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7702639
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Jan 2021
30 Jan 2021
Historique:
received:
26
06
2019
revised:
13
07
2020
accepted:
13
07
2020
pubmed:
9
8
2020
medline:
18
11
2020
entrez:
9
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This work has been aimed at studying the effect of red thyme oil (RTO, Thymus vulgaris L.) on the shelf-life and Penicillium decay of oranges during cold storage. RTO vapours significantly reduced (P ≤ 0.05) the percentage of infected wounds, the external growth area and the production of spores in inoculated orange fruit stored for 12 days at 7 °C in a polypropylene film selected for its appropriate permeability. Among the RTO compounds, p-cymene and thymol were the most abundant in packed boxes at the end of cold storage. The RTO vapours did not affect the main quality parameters of the oranges, or the taste and odour of the juice. The results have shown that an active packaging, using RTO vapours, could be employed, by the citrus industry, to extend the shelf-life of oranges for fresh market use and juice processing.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32763742
pii: S0308-8146(20)31452-7
doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127590
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antioxidants
0
Oils, Volatile
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
127590Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.