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FIRMNESS OF CONTROL AND 10% ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY-TREATED FRUITS AT 5C DURING STORAGE. The mean difference is significant at the 5% level. Error bars indicate the standard error.
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The effects of orange blossom honey solution (10%, w/v) on the strawberry fruits were assessed in modified atmosphere. The authenticity of honey has been determined by the number, percentage as well as status of the pollens. According to the results, the orange blossom honey is unifloral because of its dominant pollen composition as well as geograp...
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... The measured layer was 1 cm thick. Colour (L, a and b parameters) was determined with a Conica Minolta colorimeter (Chroma Meter CR-400 Japan) [8]. Antimicrobial activities of the honey samples were carried out using the agar well-diffusion assay [9]. ...
... MAP when used singly may not be effective in controlling the respiration rate, microbial proliferation, enzymatic activity, oxidation and others. Hence, attempts have been made to use combination of MAP with other preservation techniques (Ulukanli et al. 2012;Aday et al. 2013;Jouki and Khazaei 2014). ...
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The present research work is expected to add database to the existing knowledge on various challenges incurred for safe preservation and shelf life extension of strawberries. Depending on the requirements, it is envisaged that the information generated in this study will be of practical help to comprehend the effectiveness of employing combination treatments of modified atmosphere packaging and cold storage treatments on handling freshly harvested strawberries and can be explored commercially for preservation purposes, provided more standardization is undertaken.
... Nevertheless, negative results were also obtained when combination of natural honey and MAP was used (Ulukanli et al. 2012). Use of orange blossom honey solution (10%, w/v) on strawberry fruits was assessed in modified atmosphere. ...
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Strawberries are known to be significant source of the nutraceuticals; however, rapid perishable property of this fruit is very important issue. Up to now, extension of this fruit is still the focus of scientific and industrial interest in the worldwide. Therefore, of the known nutraceuticals, myrtle essential oil in this study is intended to use for extending the storage of strawberries. Strawberries were individually immersed in the treatment solutions of 0.1 % myrtle oil, 0.5 % myrtle oil and then placed in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) for 8 days at 5 °C. The control fruits without myrtle oil treatment were also placed in MAP and stored under the same condition. Treatment of myrtle oil decreased the weight and the fruit firmness loss. Furthermore, titratable acidity (TA), pH and colour value did not display significant changes during storage. Fluctuations were observed in the vitamin C, total soluble solids (TSS), TSS/TA content and microbial growth. The O2 concentration in MAP decreased from 21 % to around 15 %, whereas, CO2 concentration varied from 6.0 to 6.9 % in the treatments by the 8th day of storage time. The delay of flesh firmness, weight loss, vitamin C loss and increasing CO2 concentration in MAP, best sensory quality as well as limiting the growth of microbial parameters in concern was attained through the use of 0.5 % myrtle oil, suggesting that 0.5 % myrtle oil showed more pronounced activity than 0.1 % myrtle oil and control in maintaining the fruit quality and shelf life of fruits during MAP storage.
The pollen analysis of eight floral honey samples from Kahramanmaraş region were analyzed and seven samples were the unifloral and the one was the multifloral origin. The microscopical analyses indicated that 61 taxa (41 at the genus level and 20 at the species level) belonging to 34 families were identified. Astragalus sp., Trifolium sp., Myrtus communis and Castanea sativa were the predominant taxa in the unifloral honey samples. Antimicrobial effects of eight honey samples proved the most effective inhibitors against Bacillus megaterium and Staphylococcus aureus. Honey samples (H07 and H08) showed significant antifungal effects on Candida albicans.
