. 2011 Jan 22;48(3):319–324. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0238-y

Table 1.

Changes in physical and chemical characteristics of banana (var.Robusta) stored at low temperature conditions (12 ± 1°C, 85–90% RH)

	Initial	Quality of unripe green banana after effective shelf life* (in weeks)at LT storage			Quality of ripe banana after effective shelf life* (in weeks at LT storage)+5 Days RT
	0	Control	MAP	MAP+GK	Control	MAP	MAP+GK
		*3	*5	*7	*3	*5	*7
Physical
PLW	–	5.0 ± 0.34^c	0.7 ± 0.11^d	0.8 ± 0.08^d	12.0 ± 0.20^a	7.1 ± 0.26^b	7.0 ± 0.20^b
Pulp/ Peel ratio	1.06 ± 0.14^c	1.11 ± 0.15^c	1.54 ± 0.10^b	1.7 ± 0.13^b	1.76 ± 0.09^b	2.05 ± 0.15^a	2.15 ± 0.13^a
Hunter colour, Peel
L	44.3 ± 0.75^d	56.3 ± 3.72^c	45.3 ± 2.34^d	44.0 ± 1.73^d	82.1 ± 1.82^a	63.1 ± 2.55^b	63.7 ± 3.11^b
a	−13.8 ± 0.70^a	−7.9 ± 0.40^c	−12.4 ± 0.87^b	−12.6 ± 0.52^b	−1.7 ± 0.04^d	−0.37 ± 0.05^c	2.1 ± 0.10^d
b	17. 8 ± 0.34^d	23.3 ± 2.78^c	20.1 ± 1.67^d	20.2 ± 1.03^d	25.9 ± 0.98^bc	28.6 ± 1.80^b	33.8 ± 1.12^a
Hunter colour, Pulp
L	79.4 ± 0.75^a	72.9 ± 2.42^b	81.6 ± 1.22^a	70.2 ± 2.64^b	66.6 ± 2.16^c	70.7 ± 2.19^b	80.3 ± 2.02^a
a	−0.73 ± 0.06^c	−0.28 ± 0.03^b	−1.25 ± 0.08^c	−1.48 ± 0.07^f	−1.0 ± 0.26^d	0.11 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.01^a
b	25.6 ± 0.75^bc	26.6 ± 3.29^bc	23.7 ± 0.47^c	24.9 ± 2.19^bc	26.2 ± 0.75^bc	28.2 ± 2.27^ab	31.1 ± 0.79^a
Shear force, N	74.1 ± 1.15^a	55.3 ± 1.55^c	62.4 ± 1.70^b	60.0 ± 2.00^b	29.2 ± 0.78^d	26.8 ± 0.98^c	26.2 ± 1.40^c
Chemical
TSS,^◦ Brix	4.0 ± 0.34^d	9.0 ± 1.05^b	5.9 ± 0.21^c	9.5 ± 0.26^b	22.4 ± 1.01^a	24.0 ± 1.80^a	23.8 ± 1.12^a
pH	5.3 ± 0.26^a	5.3 ± 0.43^a	5.4 ± 0.23^a	5.2 ± 0.26^a	4.9 ± 0.43^a	5.0 ± 0.20^a	5.0 ± 0.20^a
Total acidity	0.26 ± 0.02^d	0.38 ± 0.02^c	0.25 ± 0.03^d	0.29 ± 0.02^d	0.44 ± 0.01^b	0.49 ± 0.02^a	0.51 ± 0.03^a
Total sugars	0.90 ± 0.05^c	5.1 ± 0.17^c	3.8 ± 0.26^d	6.6 ± 0.20^b	11.5 ± 0.43^a	12.1 ± 0.62^a	11.8 ± 0.52^a
Total carotenoids, μg/100 g	130 ±5.56^g	149 ± 4.35^f	208 ± 7.21^c	237 ± 3.00^d	324 ± 5.29^a	289 ± 7.93^b	270 ± 8.66^c
Total chlorophyll in peel, mg/100 g	4.8 ± 0.30^a	1.5 ± 0.17^c	2.1 ± 0.36^b	2.2 ± 0.01^b	0.20 ± 0.02^d	0.19 ± 0.01^d	0.27 ± 0.05^d

*Storage period in weeks; PLW-Physiological loss in weight; TSS-Total soluble solids (n = 3)

Means having different superscripts in the same row are significantly (p < 0.05) different