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Effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with low and superatmospheric oxygen on the quality and antioxidant enzyme system of golden needle mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes) during postharvest storage

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To quantify the effect of oxygen concentrations on the quality and antioxidant enzyme system of stored golden needle mushroom, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with low and initial superatmospheric oxygen was applied during mushroom storage, and physiological changes associated with postharvest deterioration, activities of antioxidant enzymes, and of cellulase, were monitored during subsequent storage for 0–34 days. Golden needle mushrooms stored in MAP without oxygen or 20–50% oxygen rate had a poorer sensory quality because of chilling injury and physiological injury. These injuries included increased levels of malondialdehyde and superoxide anion whereas some extent of browning was observed. The antioxidant enzyme system, including superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, and polyphenol oxidase, was activated, to scavenge the reactive oxygen species to reduce injury during the initial storage period. However, these injuries also induced senescence of the stored golden needle mushroom during later storage, followed by a decrease in activities of the antioxidant enzymatic system. The activities of the antioxidant enzymatic system of the mushroom stored in MAP with 80% oxygen rate were the most favorable to delay the senescence process in the later period of storage, and the mushrooms had the best quality until the end of storage. MAP with high oxygen concentrations (e.g., 80% oxygen rate) can induce relatively high antioxidant capacity, significantly decrease postharvest quality loss and improve shelf life of fresh mushrooms.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period, Project No. 2008BADAIB07-11; National Basic Research Program, Project No. 2007CB707802; Project No. 31071593) and the Talents Cultivation Deepening Plan of Beijing Higher Institutions (Project No. 0142131301).

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    Cheng Tao Wang, Chang Tao Wang, Yan Ping Cao & Bao Guo Sun

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor Chemistry, Beijing Technology & Business University (BTBU), 100048, Beijing, China

    Cheng Tao Wang, Chang Tao Wang, Yan Ping Cao, Bao Guo Sun & Liu Liu

  3. Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 HD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    M. J. Robert Nout

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Wang, C.T., Wang, C.T., Cao, Y.P. et al. Effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with low and superatmospheric oxygen on the quality and antioxidant enzyme system of golden needle mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes) during postharvest storage. Eur Food Res Technol 232, 851–860 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-011-1453-5

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