Table 1.
Effect of different astringency removal treatments on acetaldehyde concentration in ‘Mopan’ persimmon fruit flesh ND indicates that acetaldehyde was undetectable. Errors represent SEs from three biological replicates.
| Acetaldehyde (µg g–1 flesh weight) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days in storage | Control-1a | CO2 1d | CO2 2d | Control-2a | C2H4 2d |
| 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| 1 | ND | 2.51±0.21 | 2.09±0.18 | ND | ND |
| 2 | ND | ND | 5.94±0.60 | ND | 0.79±0.09 |
| 3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| 4 | ND | ND | ND | —b | —b |
a Control-1 and Control-2 correspond to CO2 treatment and C2H4 treatments, respectively.
b —: not measured.