Isip, Mary Timothy B. <br/><br/>
Innovation Of Edible Coating For Climacteric Fruits/ 
Mary Timothy B. Isip,  Johnellie S. Palafox and Bryan Jerald F. Prado.-- 
 -  Technological University of the Philippines, Manila.  March 2019 
 - xii, 148 pages.  29 cm 
<br/><br/> Bachelor's thesis 
<br/><br/>College of Industrial Technology.-- 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/> Postharvest loss caused by biochemical changes in fruits resulted in to number of<br/>problems that lead to poor quality and quantity of the products. Ethylene gas and<br/>respiration are the most notable reason why the climacteric fruits continuously deteriorate<br/>after harvest. To be able to control the deterioration of climacteric fruits, isolation of<br/>biopolymers from the agricultural waste of crabs and the active antioxidant from the<br/>coffee was studied. The spectra generated from the FTIR analysis of extracted crab shell<br/>gave the conclusion that the sample is rich in Chitin, as also indicated in the instrument’s<br/>library. The DPPH Scavenging Activity of Robusta silver skin was 76.02% ± 0.11, and<br/>Total Phenolic Content of 589.59 mg GAE/g. The safety of the coating was tested<br/>through Yeast and Molds Analysis with 8 x 10 CFU/g. The effectivity and acceptability<br/>of coating when applied to tomato was tested using Sensory Evaluation using<br/>Quantitative Descriptive Analysis, the remarks obtained at day 21 after application was<br/>p-value = 0.0262, significantly different from the untreated sample. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food Technology<br/>Innovatiion
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BTH TP 370  / I85 2019