Effect of different modified atmosphere packaging on quality retention of selected traditional leafy vegetables.

Description

M. Tech. Agriculture. / Aims of this study was to select a suitable modified atmosphere packaging that retained the overall quality and bioactive compounds of the traditional leafy vegetables during storage. In this study, three types of biorientated polypropylene packaging namely BOPP04, BOPP05 and BOPP06 with different perforations were tested on retention of quality parameters (weight loss, leaf yellowing, colour L*, C*, h&#x00BA%x;), decay, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, bioactive compounds (carotenoids, ascorbic acid, total phenolic compounds), antioxidant scavenging activity, and sensory properties at 10 &#x00BA%x;C at 2 day intervals up to 14 days.Films without perforation, with macro perforation and unpacked leaves were included for comparison.

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1. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001230

Tags

Dissertations, Academic -- South Africa.

Edible greens -- Packaging.

Crops -- Packaging.

Crops -- Postharvest technology.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001230
Date	January 2014
Creators	Mampholo, Mmakatane Bevly.
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Text
Format	PDF