Impacts of Gum Arabic and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with Salicylic Acid on Peach Fruit (Prunus persica) Shelf Life

Mohamed A Taher¹, A A Lo'ay², Mostafa Gouda^{3

4}, Safaa A Limam⁵, Mohamed F M Abdelkader⁶, Samah O Osman⁷, Mohammad Fikry⁸, Esmat F Ali⁹, Sayed Y Mohamed⁷, Hoda A Khalil¹⁰, Diaa O El-Ansary¹¹, Sherif F El-Gioushy¹², Hesham S Ghazzawy^{13

14}, Aly M Ibrahim⁷, Mahmoud F Maklad¹⁵, Mohamed A Abdein¹⁶, Dalia M Hikal¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35336, Egypt.
² Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35336, Egypt.
³ College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
⁴ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12422, Egypt.
⁵ Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt.
⁸ Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, Egypt.
⁹ Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.
¹¹ Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.
¹² Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Moshtohor), Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, Egypt.
¹³ Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁴ Central Laboratory for Date Palm Research and Development, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12511, Egypt.
¹⁵ Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
¹⁶ Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Northern Border University, Rafha 91911, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁷ Nutrition and Food Science, Home Economics Department, Faculty of Specific Education, Mansura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

PMID: 35458795
PMCID: PMC9025755
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27082595

Impacts of Gum Arabic and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with Salicylic Acid on Peach Fruit (Prunus persica) Shelf Life

Mohamed A Taher et al. Molecules. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 18;27(8):2595.

doi: 10.3390/molecules27082595.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35336, Egypt.
² Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35336, Egypt.
³ College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
⁴ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12422, Egypt.
⁵ Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt.
⁸ Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, Egypt.
⁹ Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.
¹¹ Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.
¹² Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Moshtohor), Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, Egypt.
¹³ Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁴ Central Laboratory for Date Palm Research and Development, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12511, Egypt.
¹⁵ Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
¹⁶ Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Northern Border University, Rafha 91911, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁷ Nutrition and Food Science, Home Economics Department, Faculty of Specific Education, Mansura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

PMID: 35458795
PMCID: PMC9025755
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27082595

Abstract

Peaches are grown in many Egyptian orchards for local and global fresh market sales. The interior fruit tissue breakdown (IFTB), often resulting in decayed peaches, is a severe problem during marketing. Therefore, to minimize FTB of peaches, in this study, gum arabic (GA) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were mixed with different concentrations of salicylic acid (SA) (0, 1, and 2 mM) and were applied as edible coating to extend the shelf life of peach fruits. Mature peaches were selected and harvested when peaches reached total soluble solid content (SSC: 8.5%) and fruit firmness of about 47 N. Fruits were coated and stored at room temperature (26 ± 1 °C and air humidity 51 ± 1%) for 10 days during two seasons: 2020 and 2021. Fruit coated with GA/PVP-SA 2 mM showed a significant (p < 0.05) inhibition in degrading enzyme activities (CWDEs), such as lipoxygenase (LOX), cellulase (CEL), and pectinase (PT), compared to uncoated and coated fruits during the shelf-life period. Hence, cell wall compartments were maintained. Consequently, there was a reduction in browning symptoms in fruits by inhibiting polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activities. Thus, the fruit skin browning index showed almost no symptoms. The lipid peroxidation process and ionic permeability declined as well. The result suggests that, by applying GA/PVP-SA 2 mM as an edible coating, fruit tissue breakdown can be minimized, and the shelf life of peach can be extended up to 10 days without symptoms of tissue breakdown.

Keywords: cell-wall-degrading enzymes; gum arabic; peach; plant tissue; shelf-life.

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Figures

**Figure 1**
FTIR spectra of (1) SA, (2) GA, (3) PVP, (4) GA/PVP, and (5) GA/PVP/SA 2 mM. FT-IR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; SA, salicylic acid; GA, gum arabic; PVP, polyvinylpyrrolidone.

**Figure 2**
Effect of different treatments of gum arabic (GA) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blended with salicylic acid (SA) at different concentrations as a mixture biopolymer coating treatment (GA/PVP–SA) on ethylene and respiration production rate of peach fruit ‘Early Sweet’ during shelf life at ambient air (29 ± 1 °C and air humidity 51%) during two seasons (2020 and 2021).

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Impacts of Gum Arabic and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with Salicylic Acid on Peach Fruit (Prunus persica) Shelf Life

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Impacts of Gum Arabic and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with Salicylic Acid on Peach Fruit (Prunus persica) Shelf Life

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