Dipping strawberry fruits in the COS solution can prolong fruit storage.
Compared with the control group, the hardness and fresh-keeping ability of strawberries dipped in COS were significantly improved.
Decay rate (B), and hardness (C) in COS postharvest treated and untreated (control) strawberry fruit.
From:Effects of chitosan oligosaccharides postharvest treatment on the quality and ripening related gene expression of cultivated strawberry fruits.
COS can not only prevent vitamin C loss in cherries but also promote vitamin C synthesis refrigerated storage.
COS mitigate the degree of damage to plant cell membranes that occurs as a result of reactive oxygen species activity.
Vitamin C content in control cherries before storage at 4℃(1)and in cherries treated with chitosan and COS after storage 7 days (2) at 4℃.
From: Effect of chitosan and chitooligosaccharide on vitamin C and polyphenols contents in cherries and strawberries during refrigerated storage.