Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 65, Issue 34, Pages 7308-7319Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02616
Keywords
fruit preservation; shelf life; ethylene; 1-MCP; encapsulation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21406208]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY17C160008]
- China Scholarship Council [201508330154]
- Open Foundation of the Most Important Subjects in Colleges and Universities in Zhejiang Province [2015YXQN13]
- Zhejiang Provincial Top Key Academic Discipline of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [YR2015005]
- 521 Talent Cultivation Program of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [11110132521309]
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Fresh fruit is important for a healthy diet. However, because of their seasonal production, regional specific cultivation, and perishable nature, it is essential to develop preservation technologies to extend the postharvest shelf life of fresh fruits. Climacteric fruit adopt spoilage because of ethylene, a key hormone associated with the ripening process. Therefore, controlling ethylene activity by following safe and effective approaches is a key to extend the postharvest shelf life of fruit. In this review, ethylene control technologies will be discussed aiming for the need of developing more innovative and effective approaches. The biosynthesis pathway will be given first. Then, the technologies determining the postharvest shelf life of climacteric fruit will be described with special attention to the latest and significant published works in this field. Special attention is given to 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), which is effective in fruit preservation technologies. Finally, the encapsulation technology to improve the stability of 1-MCP will be proposed, using a potential encapsulation agent of 1-MCP, calixarene.
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