Respostas fisiológicas de cenoura, repolho roxo e couve minimamente processados isolados e em combinação

• Autor(a) principal: Colleta, Rayza Carla Lopes Della
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4308
• topic: Processamento mínimo; Mistura de hortaliças; Conservação refrigerada; Fisiologia pós-colheita; Fisiologia de hortaliças; Minimal processing; Mixed vegetables; Cold storage; Postharvest physiology; Vegetable physiology; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::BOTANICA::FISIOLOGIA VEGETAL

The aim of this work was to study the physical-chemical and physiological alterations of minimally processed carrot, red cabbage and kale under refrigeration conditions for two distinct harvest periods. Accumulation of gas (CO2, O2, C2H4) kept in closed glass jars, evaluated for vegetables harvested in September showed an increase in CO2 and C2H4 production for the kale and vegetable mixture, followed by red cabbage and carrot. Respiration and ethylene production rates of the vegetables harvested in September and January, kept in open glass jars at 5 o C for 10 days, presented an increase in CO2 in September and C2H4 in January, consistently slightly higher for kale and the vegetable mixture, followed by red cabbage and carrot. CO2, O2, C2H4, visual quality, total soluble phenols, chlorophyll, carotenoid and total anthocyanins were evaluated for the isolated vegetables and the mixture. The vegetables harvested in November and January, kept at 5 o C for 10 days in PEAD bags, presented higher CO2 accumulation, lower O2 concentration reduction and lower C2H4 accumulation in November compared to those harvested in January. Dehydration, drying, turgor loss and scent exhalation were the main symptoms accounting for the visual and sensorial quality loss in carrot, red cabbage and kale. Carrot presented increased phenol content and whiteness index under refrigeration conditions. Red cabbage and kale presented reduced total soluble phenol content and increased browning. Chlorophyll, carotenoids and anthocyanins reduced under refrigeration Vegetables harvested in January presented higher ethylene production and anticipation of senescence symptoms, being considered marketable until the sixth day, but until the eighth day in the November harvest. Under the experimental conditions, the vegetable mixture maintained the same quality and lower fresh weight loss, compared to the isolated vegetables, what makes it suitable for the market.