Preservation effects of gamma irradiation on fresh-cut celery
Zhaoxin Lu , , Zhifang Yu, Xiang Gao, Fengxia Lu and Likui Zhang
Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 67, Issue 3, April 2005, Pages 347-351.
2005
บทคัดย่อ
When celery is mechanically cut, contamination with microorganisms will occur as well as enzyme activity in the cut tissue. The gamma irradiation was utilized in order to extend shelf-life and to ensure the safety offresh-cutcelery. The results showed that the number of bacteria and fungi infresh-cutcelery was decreased by the order of 102 and 101, respectively, with 1 kGy of irradiation and the number of E. coli was decreased to less than 30. Polyphenol oxidase and respiration rate of irradiatedfresh-cutcelery were much inhibited and lower than those of nonirradiated. The vitamin C, soluble solids, total sugars and the sensory quality of irradiated celery were also better than those of nonirradiated.