ArticleFrontiers in plant science2022
Exogenous melatonin treatment reduces postharvest senescence and maintains the quality of papaya fruit during cold storage.
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- Melatonin-mediated redox regulation in fruits: modulating oxidative signaling for quality preservation.Planta · 2026Review
- Effect of postharvest melatonin and salicylic acid applications on quality characteristics and primary and secondary metabolite physiology of tomato fruits.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Reducing respiration rate and increasing chemical stability of mulberry fruits by using postharvest putrescine and melatonin.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Melatonin improves the storage quality of rabbiteye blueberry (Food chemistry: X · 2024Article
- Application of Methyl Jasmonate to Papaya Fruit Stored at Lower Temperature Attenuates Chilling Injury and Enhances the Antioxidant System to Maintain Quality.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Hot Water Treatment Improves Date Drying and Maintains Phytochemicals and Fruit Quality Characteristics of Date Palm (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Exogenous melatonin (EMT) application has been used to reduce postharvest senescence and improve the quality and antioxidant enzyme activities of papaya fruits during cold storage. Methods: The effects of exogenous melatonin application (1. 5 mM) were investigated on papaya fruits during cold storage (10°C ± 2°C) for 28 days in the present study. Results and discussion: The EMT treatment delayed postharvest senescence significantly with lower maturing status compared with untreated papaya fruits (control). In addition, EMT treatment maintained substantially higher titratable acidity values and ascorbic acid content but significantly lower soluble solids content and lower weight loss compared with the untreated fruits. Concerning the antioxidant capacity, the EMT-treated papaya fruit exhibited markedly higher total phenolic content and, consequently, higher DPPH-radical scavenging activity than the control group. The EMT treatment not only kept a higher enzyme activity of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase but also significantly inhibited the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde, along with satisfying sensory attributes. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that EMT application could be commercially used as an eco-friendly strategy to reduce postharvest senescence and maintain the fresh-like quality traits of papaya fruit during cold storage.
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