Postharvest quality of fresh murici fruits as a function of storage and packing

Qualidade pós-colheita de frutos frescos de murici em função do armazenamento e embalagem

ABSTRACT

Murici is a typical Brazilian Savanna fruit widely consumed by local communities. This study aimed to evaluate the postharvest quality of murici fruits as a function of storage and packing. The experiment followed a triple factorial scheme (3 x 2 x 9), evaluating three packing materials (polypropylene, low-density polyethylene and nylon/polyethylene), two atmosphere conditions (vacuum and non-vacuum) and 9 days of analysis (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 days). The fruits were evaluated for fresh weight loss, firmness, total chlorophyll, total extractable polyphenols and total antioxidant activity. As for refrigeration, the vacuum treatments showed a lower fresh weight loss for fruits packed with nylon or polypropylene. Firmness decreased along the experiment, regardless of packing and atmosphere condition. The antioxidant activity increased up to the end of storage in all the treatments. Both the polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene under vacuum packing showed the best results for maintaining the murici quality.

KEYWORDS:
Brysonima spp.; flexible packing; bioactive compounds

RESUMO

Murici é um fruto típico do Cerrado amplamente consumido por comunidades locais. Objetivou-se avaliar a qualidade pós-colheita de frutos de murici em função do armazenamento e embalagem. O experimento seguiu esquema fatorial triplo (3 x 2 x 9), avaliando-se três tipos de embalagem (polipropileno, polietileno de baixa densidade e naylon/polietileno), duas condições de atmosfera (vácuo e sem vácuo) e 9 dias de análise (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 e 16 dias) Os frutos foram avaliados quanto à perda de massa fresca, firmeza, clorofila total, polifenóis extraíveis totais e atividade antioxidante total. Quanto à refrigeração, os tratamentos a vácuo apresentaram menor perda de massa fresca nos frutos embalados com naylon ou polipropileno. A firmeza diminuiu com o decorrer do experimento, independentemente da embalagem e da condição de atmosfera. A atividade antioxidante aumentou até o final do armazenamento em todos os tratamentos. Tanto o polipropileno quanto o naylon/polietileno embalados a vácuo apresentaram os melhores resultados para a manutenção da qualidade do murici.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE:
Brysonima spp.; embalagens flexíveis; compostos bioativos

INTRODUCTION

Brazilian Savanna plants, mainly the fruit ones, are known for their sensory properties and high nutritional quality, with compounds of great biotechnological interest to the medical and food industries (Caramori et al. 2004, Morzelle et al. 2015). One of the typical Brazilian Savanna plants is muricizeiro (Byrsonima spp.), which is found throughout Latin America and comprises about 130 species.

In Brazil, murici fruits are consumed mainly fresh and ripen from December to March, in mountainous regions of the Southeast, Brazilian Savanna areas in the states of Mato Grosso and Goiás, and on the coastal areas of North and Northeast. When ripe, the fruit is yellowish, 1.5 to 2.0 cm in diameter, and has a strong odor like rancid cheese (Belisário & Coneglian 2013) and limited postharvest shelf life (Mota 2014). Therefore, postharvest technologies are needed to extend its trading period (Cerqueira 2007).

Refrigeration is the main technology to maintain fruit quality, but it is often insufficient or cause physiological disorders. Therefore, other techniques can be used to complement or improve the existing conservation system, such as chemical treatments and modified atmosphere packing (Lima et al. 2015). In this regard, the latter is a storage technique wherein fruits and vegetables are subjected to atmosphere conditions other than the normal ones, changing mainly concentrations of gases (Machado et al. 2007).

Changes in the atmosphere conditions serve as a suitable barrier to water vapor, oxygen and ultraviolet radiation, slowing down ripening and water loss, thus decreasing food spoilage (Mueller et al. 2012). They can be induced by using materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and even multilayer systems. These are composed of two or more layers of the same material or different materials, which can improve barriers to a system, when compared to each material in isolation (Fabris et al. 2006). For example, two-layer composites of nylon and polyethylene promote a gas barrier, increasing material resistance and decreasing product darkening, which are desirable in vacuum packing (Vieites et al. 2014).

There are two types of modified atmosphere used in packing: active and passive. The first consists of air removal (vacuum) (Prentice & Sainz 2005) and/or injection of a known gas composition, while packing a product. The latter is provided by fruit respiration, where gas concentrations are uncontrolled, varying with time, temperature, polymer permeability and fruit respiratory activity (Arruda et al. 2011). Both types of modified atmosphere storages consist of technological food preservation processes (Prentice & Sainz 2005) that can help to reduce the metabolic activity of products by limiting the main mechanisms of food deterioration, such as gas exchange with external medium, enzymatic action and oxidation, thus preserving products for longer periods (Alegretti et al. 2015).

Given this background, searching for efficient techniques to preserve quality and prolong the postharvest life of murici fruits becomes relevant, given their perishability and nutritional value. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the postharvest quality of murici fruits submitted to packing systems and storage conditions.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Murici fruits were harvested at the Córrego do Meio farm, in Diorama, Goiás state, Brazil (16º14’02”S, 51º15’21”W and 506 m of altitude), in January 2018. The fruits were manually collected after reaching the maturity stage for commercial consumption, namely when the peel turns yellowish-green. There is a reserve area of Brazilian Savanna in the studied farm with more than 40 murici plants of the same species. Thus, the fruits were gathered from several plants full of fruits, which were close to each other.

After harvesting, the fruits were transported in high-density polyethylene trays to the laboratory, where they were manually and visually selected for the absence of rot and injuries and then subjected to treatments.

Before the treatment, the fruits were sanitized in a 2 % sodium hypochlorite solution for 10 min and then rinsed in distilled water to remove the sanitizer and its possible effects. First, the fruits were packed using three polymer materials: polypropylene, low-density polyethylene and nylon/polyethylene. Second, they were subjected to two changes in the atmosphere conditions: vacuum and non-vacuum. Finally, the treatments were assessed for nine days after the treatment (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 days).

The treatments were kept in biochemical oxygen demand incubators at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of relative humidity (RH; measured by a thermo-hygrometer during the entire experiment), for 16 days. Then, they were evaluated every two days for fresh weight loss, pulp firmness, total chlorophyll contents, total extractable polyphenols and total antioxidant activity.

The fresh weight loss was always evaluated using the same fruits, which were weighed on a Mark 500 analytical scale (Tepron, São Paulo, Brazil) with 0.001 g accuracy and 500 g maximum load. This parameter was calculated as the difference between the initial fruit weight and that at each interval of storage time. The results were expressed as percentage.

The firmness was assessed by a texture meter (Texture analyzer CT3 50K, Massachusetts, USA), at a penetration speed of 6.9 mm s^-1 and longitudinal section, using a cylindrical test tip (TA44) with 4 mm in diameter and penetration depth of 1.8 mm, in duplicate per fruit. The results were expressed as Newton.

The chlorophyll content was determined using the method by McKinney (1941) and Lichtenthaler (1987), with adaptations, using a fraction of about 50 mg of fresh fruit per replication. The results were expressed as mg g^-1 of pulp.

The total extractable polyphenols from the extracts were determined in a spectrophotometer, using a phenol reagent (Folin Ciocalteau), according to Obanda & Owuor (1997), adapted by Rufino et al. (2010). The results were expressed as mg of gallic acid equivalent per 100 g of pulp.

The antioxidant activity was assessed by capturing the free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), following the Brand-Williams et al. (1995) method adapted by Rufino et al. (2010), in which the results are expressed as EC₅₀ g g^-1 of DPPH.

To check the combined effect of packing materials and atmosphere conditions on the postharvest conservation of fresh murici fruits, a fully randomized design was used, with a 3 x 2 x 9 triple factorial scheme (packing material x atmosphere conditions x day of analysis) and 4 replications, with 7 fruits each.

The data were subjected to analysis of variance (p < 0.05). When significant, the means were compared by the Tukey test at 5 % of probability (qualitative data) and regression analysis (quantitative data). All statistical analyses were performed using the Sisvar 5.6 software (Ferreira 2011).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The vacuum treatments showed less fresh weight loss in fruits packed with nylon (nylon/polyethylene) or polypropylene (Table 1). This might be because vacuum reduces the oxygen levels in fruits during storage. By contrast, fruits packed with low-density polyethylene showed no statistical differences, whether under vacuum or not.

Table 1
Fresh weight loss (%) of fresh murici fruits stored under different packing and atmosphere conditions and refrigerated (12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH) for 16 days.

Atmosphere	Packing
	PP	LDPE	NY/PE
Non-vacuum	0.0269 cA*	0.0419 aA	0.0325 bA
Vacuum	0.0263 bA	0.0402 aA	0.0252 bB

• ^*
  Means followed by the same letter, lowercase in the row and uppercase in the column, do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

The low-density polyethylene packing is tough at room and low temperatures (with sufficient mechanical strength for many applications), corrosion-resistant, highly insulating, odorless, tasteless and highly permeable to water vapor. These properties are of great importance from industrial and technological points of view. Yet, when compared to nylon/ polyethylene packing, low-density polyethylene is more permeable to gas and water vapor (Crippa et al. 2007). This may explain the absence of significant differences for mass loss among fruits packed with such film. As for the polypropylene with or without vacuum, there was no difference in mass loss.

Based on that, both nylon/polyethylene and polypropylene can be used along with vacuum atmosphere, since fresh murici fruits had less weight losses in these systems. During the evaluation, polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene had no relevant changes (Figure 1), showing to be efficient in maintaining the fruit weight. This probably occurred due to declines in fruit respiratory rates, forming a barrier against water and gas losses (O₂ and CO₂).

Figure 1
Fresh weight loss of fresh murici fruits packed in different materials and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

On the other hand, the low-density polyethylene packing showed an increase in respiratory rates and greater fruit weight losses during storage. Likewise, when evaluating ‘Douradão’ peaches packed in polypropylene and low-density polyethylene films, Santana et al. (2011) observed that low-density polyethylene was inefficient in reducing fruit mass losses during storage.

Fruit fresh weight loss during storage is a limiting factor for both marketability and conservation. Although the pulp is often in good condition for consumption, the fruit peel develops a shriveled and wilted appearance (Brunini & Cardoso 2011). However, this was not observed in this study, where the three tested packing materials provided a minimal weight loss. Among them, the low-density polyethylene packing showed losses slightly higher than the others, maybe due to its greater water vapor permeation (Crippa et al. 2007).

It is worth noting that the fresh weight loss was minimal in refrigerated fruits, regardless of packing or atmosphere conditions. Thus, packing and refrigerated atmosphere, with and without vacuum, kept the fruit weight.

In short, all packing materials could protect fruits against any deteriorating action, whether chemical, physical or microbiological, from packing until their final consumption (Souza et al. 2012). Therefore, fruits had their characteristics preserved for a longer time (16 days).

Pulp firmness is another important quality property of fruits. Its maintenance is one of the goals in postharvest conservation techniques (Nassur et al. 2016), once firmer fruits are less subject to mechanical injuries during transport and trading (Tomaz et al. 2009). In this study, firmness decreased with the course of the experiment, regardless of packing and analyzed atmosphere condition (Figures 2 and 3). The reduction was quadratic and similar among all the treatments (Figure 2), but firmer fruit pulps were observed in polypropylene packing at the end of storage. This polymer film maintained firmness for a longer time, if compared to the other materials, with significant differences after day 12. Allied to the low weight loss (Figure 1) provided by the polypropylene packing, such maintenance of pulp firmness was beneficial, as it prevented the hardening of epicarp cells, making fruits more suitable for marketing.

Figure 2
Pulp firmness of fresh murici fruits packed in different materials and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

Figure 3
Pulp firmness of fresh murici fruits packed in different modified atmospheres and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. NV: non-vacuum; WV: with vacuum.

Regardless of packing or atmosphere condition, the pulp firmness values were higher in refrigerated fruits, therefore, demonstrating the cooling effect on plant metabolism. These findings were within the range of firmness found by Lourenço et al. (2013) (between 1.83 and 9.07 N), who evaluated 18 genotypes of murici (Byrsonima dealbata) harvested in the cities of Pacajus, Fortaleza and Paraíba (Ceará State, Brazil).

Sampaio (2015) evaluated B. ligustrifolia fruits at five ripening stages (green, light pink, red, purple-red and black-purple epicarp) and found that green fruits are firmer. In other words, the riper the fruit, the less firm it is. Moreover, fruits soften due to the enzymatic activity that hydrolyzes pectin (cell wall compound) or starch. This was also observed in this study, as the storage days progressed.

Regardless of vacuum application, the fruit firmness decreased during storage (Figure 3), but the vacuum atmosphere condition maintained the pulp firmness, with higher and significant averages from the 6th day onwards. Silva et al. (2014) compared passive and active atmosphere conditions and found that the absence of vacuum provided less firmness (2.43 N) to Myrciaria cauliflora fruits, when compared to vacuum-packed ones (3.22 N). This outcome corroborates that of Dias et al. (2011), who also claimed that vacuum storage is more effective for controlling fruit firmness.

As for total chlorophyll content, it was observed no significant difference for low-density polyethylene packing with or without vacuum, which differed from the other packing systems. By contrast, the vacuum nylon/polyethylene packing presented higher chlorophyll contents, followed by vacuum polypropylene and low-density polyethylene packing (Table 2).

Table 2
Total chlorophyll and total extractable polyphenols of fresh murici fruits stored under different packing and atmosphere conditions and refrigerated (12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH) for 16 days.

Atmosphere	Packing
	PP	LDPE	NY/PE
Total chlorophyll (mg g-1)
Non-vacuum	283.02 aB*	237.01 bA	215.02 bB
Vacuum	319.47 bA	232.43 bA	359.62 aA
Total extractable polyphenols (mg of gallic acid 100 g-1)
Non-vacuum	490.62 bA*	590.17 aA	488.91 bB
Vacuum	470.51 bB	557.30 aB	492.43 bA

• ^*
  Means followed by the same letter, lowercase in the row and uppercase in the column, do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

Crippa et al. (2007) stated that, in general, nylon packing promotes an effective barrier to oxygen, besides a high resistance to mechanical (abrasion, perforation, impact, flexion) and thermal stresses, as well as to oils, fats and chemicals. Such features may explain the present results of higher chlorophyll contents in the vacuum nylon/polyethylene packing.

Furthermore, in the refrigerated condition (Table 2), it was observed that chilled fruits showed higher chlorophyll levels, since refrigeration reduces vegetal metabolic activities. This was also observed by Cerqueira (2012), when evaluating the storage of sweet peppers at different packages (pots, trays and bags) and temperatures (8, 15, 20 and 25 ºC), for 12 days. These authors verified that the total chlorophyll contents were considerably greater at lower than higher temperatures. According to Heaton & Marangoni (1996), this is because lower temperatures decrease the metabolism of agricultural products, hence increasing degradative processes and senescence.

Fruits packed with polypropylene and low-density polyethylene had a linear reduction in the chlorophyll contents from the beginning to the end of storage (Figure 4). The nylon/polyethylene and polypropylene packing showed better behaviors than the others, as contents had a slight increase until the 6th day, decreasing mildly until the 16th day, besides showing values close to the initial ones and higher than those of fruits packed with low-density polyethylene.

Figure 4
Total chlorophyll of fresh murici fruits packed in different materials and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

As for vacuum use, the total chlorophyll levels behaved similarly until the last day of analysis (Figure 5). Separately, the passive modified atmosphere (no vacuum) showed a constant decrease in the chlorophyll values until the end of storage. The use of vacuum also provided a decrease, but as of the 4th day of storage, when the means were higher, differing statistically from those under passive atmosphere. Regarding the same parameter, the use of vacuum had better results and was more stable than the passive atmosphere.

Figure 5
Total chlorophyll of fresh murici fruits packed in different modified atmospheres and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. NV: non-vacuum; WV: with vacuum.

As for the contents of total extractable polyphenols, significant differences were observed for the packing and atmosphere factors. The highest content was found in fruits packed in low-density polyethylene film without vacuum, and the lowest one in polypropylene packing under vacuum condition. Lower levels of total extractable polyphenols were observed in polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene packing materials (Table 2), suggesting that fruits stored in these packing materials had pigments associated with darkening.

By comparing fruits packed in polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene, the levels of polyphenols were lower, since lower temperatures are efficient to maintain the quality of vegetables during storage (Hong et al. 2013), besides reducing the metabolism, water loss and fruit breathing, among others (Menolli et al. 2008).

The three packing materials used (low-density polyethylene, polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene) showed a linear behavior throughout the analysis period, and their determination coefficients were 76.29, 97.65 and 85.08 %, respectively (Figure 6).

Figure 6
Total extractable polyphenols of fresh murici fruits packed in different materials and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

Low-density polyethylene has an excellent corrosion resistance, outstanding insulation properties, absence of smell and taste, and low permeation of water vapor and gases, what is extremely important from industrial and technological points of view (Crippa 2006). Thus, the polyphenol contents increased more in fruits packed with low-density polyethylene during storage, as it is more permeable than the other materials, mainly than nylon/polyethylene, which is a multilayered packing, what gives it a better barrier (Fabris et al. 2006). Overall, the polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene packing showed a similar behavior and had lower values during the storage of murici fruits.

Both the atmospheres with and without vacuum had an increase in the polyphenol contents over the course of the days. The vacuum treatment provided a lower overall average at the end of the experiment, standing out in terms of this parameter, as its averages were the lowest ones, constant, and statistically different from the vacuum treatment, after 8 days of storage (Figure 7).

Figure 7
Total extractable polyphenols of fresh murici fruits packed in different modified atmospheres and stored at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. NV: non-vacuum; WV: with vacuum.

The antioxidant activity increased until the end of storage in all treatments. This can be seen because the concentration of extract to react with 50 % of the radical in the DPPH solution decreased. Vieira et al. (2011) reported that the extract has a high antioxidant activity at a low EC₅₀ value. The three packing materials behaved similarly during storage, wherein their antioxidant power increased as the EC₅₀ g g^-1 of DPPH values decreased (Figure 8). The treatment showing a trend of greater activity during the 16 days of storage was nylon/polyethylene packing.

Figure 8
Total antioxidant activity of fresh murici fruits stored in different packing materials at 12 ± 2 ºC and 60 ± 4 % of RH, for 16 days. * Significant at 5 % of probability. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ statistically from each other by the Tukey test at 5 % of significance. PP: polypropylene; LDPE: low-density polyethylene; NY/PE: nylon/polyethylene.

The antioxidant capacity is probably due to phenolic compounds, which are important antioxidants (Couto & Canniatti-Brazaca 2010). In general, since phenolic compounds increase over time, an increase in the antioxidant activity is also expected (Neves et al. 2015). This can be seen in this study, given the increase in polyphenols (Figure 6). Likewise, Rosa et al. (2016) explained that murici fruits have a high level of antioxidant capacity, probably due to large amounts of phenolic compounds therein.

CONCLUSION

In terms of minimum acceptable postharvest characteristics for murici fruits, polypropylene and nylon/polyethylene packing materials combined with vacuum promote better results for the analyzed parameters.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was partly financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (Capes) - Finance Code 001 (Agreement between UEG and Capes, nº. 817164/2015 Capes/Proap).

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  23 July 2021
• Date of issue
  2021

History

• Received
  22 Dec 2020
• Accepted
  26 Feb 2021
• Published
  25 Mar 2021