Preparation of an Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Bio-Polymer Film and Its Application as Glazing Shell for Postharvest Quality of Fresh-Cut Apple
Journal: Foods
Year: 2022

The aim of this work is to glazing a modified bio-polymer shell as substitute of peel to keep the postharvest quality of fresh-cut fruits. In this study, chitosan as backbone of the shell was modified by addition of the functional extracts obtained from <i>Zanthoxylum,</i> in which 12 kinds of main identified bio-active components consisted of over 55% of the total extracts. The introduction of the extracts improved physic and mechanical properties of the shell, and endowed it with significant a