Alert about article on using a potential encapsulation agent of 1-MCP, calixarene

Fresh fruit is important for a healthy diet. However, due to their seasonal production, regional specific cultivation and perishable nature, it is essential to develop preservation technologies to extend the post-harvest shelf life of fresh fruits. Climacteric fruit adopt spoilage because of ethylene, a key hormone associated with the ripening process. Therefore, controlling ethylene activity by following safe and effective approaches is a key to extend the post-harvest shelf life of fruit. In this review, ethylene control technologies will be discussed aiming for the need of developing more innovative and effective approaches. The biosynthesis pathway will be given firstly. Then, the technologies determining the post-harvest shelf life of climacteric fruit will be described with special attention to the latest and significant published works in this field. Special attention is given to 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), which is effective in fruit preservation technologies. Finally, the encapsulation technology to improve the stability of 1-MCP will be proposed, using a potential encapsulation agent of 1-MCP, calixarene. SourcesEthylene control technologies in extending post-harvest shelf life of climacteric fruitJunhua Zhang, Dong Cheng, Baobin Wang, Iqbal Khan, and Yonghao NiJ. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02616http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02616