Treatment with kiwi peel extract delays browning in ready-to-eat lettuce

Fraudentali, Ilaris, Pedalino, Chiara, Furlani, Adriana, Secchiero, Andrea, Rogers, Hilary J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-5857, Gallo, Valentina, Antonini, Giovanni, Angelini, Riccardo and Cona, Alessandra 2024. Treatment with kiwi peel extract delays browning in ready-to-eat lettuce. Journal of Food Biochemistry 2024 , 4610926. 10.1155/2024/4610926

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Abstract

Browning reactions caused by oxidative stress occurring during postharvest procedures significantly compromise the quality of ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables, negatively affecting their market value. Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POD) are two major enzymes involved in this phenomenon, as they oxidize phenolic compounds to quinones, which in turn polymerize to brown pigments. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in developing antibrowning treatments using food by-products. Herein, the efficiency of a kiwi peel extract in reducing enzymatic browning of minimally processed lettuce (Lactuca sativa) has been investigated. PPO and POD activities showed an opposite spatial distribution within the leaf, with a higher POD activity in the midvein (MV) and in the inner lamina tissues, and a prevalence of PPO activity in the mesophyll. Considering that MV lignified tissues are those mainly affected by browning, the temporal trend of POD activity over a 20-day storage period at 4°C was investigated. Data showed that treatment with a kiwi peel extract hinders both the increasing trend of POD activity and browning development compared to control leaves. These results could be potentially useful for the industry as they confirm that natural extracts, such as kiwi peel extract, can be valuable for extending the shelf-life of RTE products.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0145-8884
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 October 2024
Date of Acceptance:	4 October 2024
Last Modified:	21 Jan 2025 14:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/172652

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