Effect of Various Edible Coatings in Extending the Storage Life of Apricot Fruit
Muhammad Kefayatullah* and Said Wahab
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Muhammad Kefayatullah, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email:
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Figure 1:
Effect of various edible coatings on TSS of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 2:
Effect of various edible coatings on pH of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 3:
Effect of various edible coatings on acidity of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 5:
Effect of various edible coatings on reducing sugar of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 6:
Effect of various edible coatings on non-reducing sugar of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 7:
Effect of various edible coatings on moisture content of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 8:
Effect of various edible coatings on total phenols of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 9:
Effect of various edible coatings on decay index of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 10:
Effect of various edible coatings on sugar acid ratio of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 11:
Effect of various edible coatings on weight loss of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 12:
Effect of various edible coatings on chilling injury of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 13:
Effect of various edible coatings on overall acceptability of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.
Figure 4:
Effect of various edible coatings on ascorbic acid of apricot fruit. Values followed by different letters are significantly (p <0.05) different from each other.