Research Article

Effect of the Application of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Wax Emulsions on Proximate Analysis and Some Antioxidants of Soursop (Annona muricata L.)

Table 3

Extractable polyphenols (EP), hydrolysable polyphenols (HP), condensed tannins (CT), total phenolic content (TPC) (GAE/100 g dry matter of edible food), and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP, µmol ET/g dry matter of edible food) of seedless pulp obtained from soursop stored at 25°C, 16°C, fruits with emulsions and stored at 16°C; fruits treated with 1-MCP and stored at 16°C; fruits treated with 1-MCP + emulsions and stored at 16°C.

TreatmentEPHPCTTPCFRAP

25°C (control) *1.14 ± 0.04b0.25 ± 0.01c1.16 ± 0.03e2.55 ± 0.02d76.07 ± 1.08b
16°C0.99 ± 0.01c0.28 ± 0.01c1.34 ± 0.13d2.61 ± 0.05c72.29 ± 1.03c
C10:90 1.05 ± 0.01c0.37 ± 0.01b1.51 ± 0.12b2.93 ± 0.04b74.59 ± 2.82bc
F10:90 1.00 ± 0.05c0.34 ± 0.07bc1.57 ± 0.03b2.91 ± 0.05b75.65 ± 1.36b
1-MCP 1.00 ± 0.03c0.40 ± 0.60ab1.59 ± 0.02b2.99 ± 0.55ab83.50 ± 0.47a
1-MCP + C10:901.37 ± 0.04a0.42 ± 0.09a1.83 ± 0.03a3.62 ± 0.05a87.37 ± 9.67a
1-MCP + F10:901.29 ± 0.07a0.44 ± 0.06a1.79 ± 0.03a3.52 ± 0.04a89.84 ± 0.72a

Values are the mean ± SD (n ≥ 6). Different letters in columns indicate significant differences between samples using LSD test with α = 0.05.