{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Di Matteo G"],"funding":["Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, progetto  Ortopackhealth"],"pagination":["2440"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8535681"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A multidisciplinary protocol is proposed to monitor the preservation of fresh pumpkin samples (FP) using three commercial polymeric films: A made of biodegradable cellophane from regenerated cellulose pulp; B from corn starch, cassava and eucalyptus, C made of polylactic acid from corn starch, and a polyethylene film used as reference (REF). Chemical, mechanical and microbiological analyses were applied on packaging and fresh and packaged samples at different times. After an 11-day period, NMR spectroscopy results showed a sucrose increase and a malic acid decrease in all the biofilms with respect to FP; fructose, glucose, galactose levels remained quite constant in biofilms B and C; the most abundant amino acids remained quite constant in biofilm A and decreased significantly in biofilm B"],"journal":["Foods (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Commercial Bio-Packaging to Preserve the Quality and Extend the Shelf-Life of Vegetables: The Case-Study of Pumpkin Samples Studied by a Multimethodological Approach."],"pmcid":["PMC8535681"],"funding_grant_id":["J56J200004200089"],"pubmed_authors":["Di Matteo P","Proietti N","Valente M","Ingallina C","Di Matteo G","Giusti AM","Sobolev AP","Vinci G","Tirillo J","Salvo A","Russo P","Sambucci M","Di Tullio V","Mannina L","Prencipe SA","Gobbi L","Spano M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Commercial Bio-Packaging to Preserve the Quality and Extend the Shelf-Life of Vegetables: The Case-Study of Pumpkin Samples Studied by a Multimethodological Approach.","description":"A multidisciplinary protocol is proposed to monitor the preservation of fresh pumpkin samples (FP) using three commercial polymeric films: A made of biodegradable cellophane from regenerated cellulose pulp; B from corn starch, cassava and eucalyptus, C made of polylactic acid from corn starch, and a polyethylene film used as reference (REF). Chemical, mechanical and microbiological analyses were applied on packaging and fresh and packaged samples at different times. After an 11-day period, NMR spectroscopy results showed a sucrose increase and a malic acid decrease in all the biofilms with respect to FP; fructose, glucose, galactose levels remained quite constant in biofilms B and C; the most abundant amino acids remained quite constant in biofilm A and decreased significantly in biofilm B","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T21:30:15.284Z","creation":"2025-04-04T21:30:15.284Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8535681","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34681489"],"doi":["10.3390/foods10102440"]}}