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Impact of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on shelf life and quality characteristics of dried mango (Mangifera Indica L.) slices

  • Safeer Ahmad1
  • Moazzam Rafiq Khan2
  • Rana Muhammad Aadil
  • Beenish Israr
  1. 1National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  2. 2Institute of Home Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Abstract

The present research was carried out to study and determine the effects of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on dried mango slices stored for 180 days under ambient conditions. Discoloration, antioxidants, loss of nutrients, off-flavour, and microbial growth during storage were reported to be concerning parameters. The parameters included in the study were proximate composition, physicochemical analysis, antioxidant analysis, microbial analysis, and color analysis. Score for vitamin C content, antioxidants, and color analysis, was better in pre-treated samples as compared to untreated dried mango samples, but showed a decreasing trend with an increase in storage interval. The analysis conducted at various intervals of storage depicted that the herbal pre-treatments preserved the vitamin C and antioxidant content, and comparable results were recorded. The microbial population in untreated dried mango slices was recorded as more than pre-treated, but was under the permissible limit. Overall, it was concluded that the use of herbal pre-treatments in comparison to chemicals was also effective for the preservation of nutritionally good quality dried fruit.

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@article{ahmad2026impact,
  title = {{Impact of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on shelf life and quality characteristics of dried mango (Mangifera Indica L.) slices}},
  author = {Safeer Ahmad and Moazzam Rafiq Khan and Rana Muhammad Aadil and Beenish Israr},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0360666},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0360666},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Impact of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on shelf life and quality characteristics of dried mango (Mangifera Indica L.) slices
AU  - Safeer Ahmad
AU  - Moazzam Rafiq Khan
AU  - Rana Muhammad Aadil
AU  - Beenish Israr
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/13
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0360666
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0360666
AB  - The present research was carried out to study and determine the effects of chemical and herbal pre-treatments on dried mango slices stored for 180 days under ambient conditions. Discoloration, antioxidants, loss of nutrients, off-flavour, and microbial growth during storage were reported to be concerning parameters. The parameters included in the study were proximate composition, physicochemical analysis, antioxidant analysis, microbial analysis, and color analysis. Score for vitamin C content, antioxidants, and color analysis, was better in pre-treated samples as compared to untreated dried mango samples, but showed a decreasing trend with an increase in storage interval. The analysis conducted at various intervals of storage depicted that the herbal pre-treatments preserved the vitamin C and antioxidant content, and comparable results were recorded. The microbial population in untreated dried mango slices was recorded as more than pre-treated, but was under the permissible limit. Overall, it was concluded that the use of herbal pre-treatments in comparison to chemicals was also effective for the preservation of nutritionally good quality dried fruit.
SN  - 1932-6203
ER  -