Cinnamon bark oil application and modified atmosphere packaging alleviates chilling injury, ethylene production and maintains antioxidant system in persimmons

Authors

Mahmood Ul Hasan, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Zora Singh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Eben Afrifa-Yamoah, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Andrew Woodward, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Mahmood Ul Hasan: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4044-1391

Zora Singh: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-172X

Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-5780

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5938-282X

Eben Afrifa-Yamoah: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1741-9249

Andrew Woodward: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-4958

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Food Chemistry

Volume

486

Publisher

Elsevier

School

School of Science / School of Engineering

RAS ID

82075

Funders

Edith Cowan University

Comments

Hasan, M. U., Singh, Z., Shah, H. M. S., Azhar, M. R., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., & Woodward, A. (2025). Cinnamon bark oil application and modified atmosphere packaging alleviates chilling injury, ethylene production and maintains antioxidant system in persimmons. Food Chemistry, 486, 144660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.144660

Abstract

Persimmon fruit is highly susceptible to chilling injury (CI) during cold storage. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of cinnamon bark oil (CBO, 4 μM) fumigation, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), and a combination of CBO and MAP on CI of ‘Fuyu’ persimmons. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis revealed changes in the peel surface of CBO fumigated persimmons. Peel and flesh CI incidence and CI index were significantly reduced with a combined application of CBO and MAP. CBO + MAP exhibited lower ethylene production, malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and lipoxygenase (LOX) activity, maintained higher flavonoids, and upregulated the ascorbate glutathione cycle via preserving high levels of ascorbic acid and glutathione, as well as activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione reductase (GR), monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) in persimmons. Overall, CBO + MAP improves CI tolerance by mitigating ethylene production and oxidative stress in persimmon fruit.

DOI

10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.144660

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