Author Identifier
Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-5780
Zora Singh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-172X
Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1741-9249
Mahmood Ul Hasan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4044-1391
Jashanpreet Kaur
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-1087
Andrew Woodward
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Food Reviews International
Volume
40
Issue
5
First Page
1238
Last Page
1264
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Science
RAS ID
58055
Funders
Edith Cowan University
Abstract
Chilling injury (CI) causes significant losses in fruits and vegetables during cold storage. CI symptoms exhibited as browning, off-flavour and sunken spots, reduced juice content, uneven ripening and softening in fresh horticultural produce. Application of melatonin (MT) effectively mitigates CI in cold-stored fruits and vegetables. This comprehensive review focuses at discussing symptoms, the mechanism of CI, regulation of melatonin-mediated chilling tolerance, and meta-analysis of CI reduction in horticultural produce. Melatonin mitigates CI, maintains quality of cold-stored horticultural produce by upregulating early hydrogen peroxide signalling, activities of antioxidant enzymes after inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and membrane leakage.
DOI
10.1080/87559129.2023.2212042
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Shah, H. M. S., Singh, Z., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Hasan, M. U., Kaur, J., & Woodward, A. (2023). Insight into the Role of Melatonin in Mitigating Chilling Injury and Maintaining the Quality of Cold-Stored Fruits and Vegetables. Food Reviews International, 40(5), 1238-1264. https://doi.org/10.1080/87559129.2023.2212042