Study on changes over Musa acuminate and Vitis vinifera by Aloe vera gel as an edible coating

Suresh kumar. J; S.Niveadhitha

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2015

Study on changes over Musa acuminate and Vitis vinifera by Aloe vera gel as an edible coating

Suresh Kumar. J, S. Niveadhitha

Abstract :

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of Aloe vera gel as a coating material over Musa acuminata and Vitis vinifera. Fruits were divided into two equal quantity and quality, one was kept as sample and other as control at room temperature of 28±3oC. Aloe vera coating didn’t show any change over Musa acuminata fruits, as there was no difference between control and the sample. But Vitis vinifera coated with gel showed good result of extended shelf life of 5 days. Physiological weight loss (PWL) found to be 19.14% and 20.29% for Musa acuminata sample and control on 7th day respectively. Considerably for Vitis vinifera PLW found to be 26.15% and 43.87% on 15th day. Similary reducing sugar, TSS found to get change with storge days. These derived parameters inferred that the acceptance of Vitis viniferas were extended to 15 days, while Musa acuminata didn’t showed the expected result.