FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 522-525.

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Study on Preservation of Loquat Fruits with Mixed Chinese Herbal Medicine as Its Coating Preserving Agent

 GUO  Shou-Jun, YANG  Yong-Li, LI  Shao-Juan, LEI  Qiu-Ju, HUANG  Jia-Hong, LIU  Zhi-Hua   

  1. Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou 521041, China
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: In the thesis, preserving loquat fruits with mixed Chinese herbal medicine as its coating preserving agent was investigated. The coating preserving agent was prepared with mixed plant gum (locust bean gum with xanthan gum), added in Clove, Rhubarb, Artemisia argy and coating accessory ingredient. The results indicated that the loquat fruits are well preserved when treated with the coating preserving agent, and the formulation B produced an obvious preservation effect.

Key words: preserve agent, Chinese herbal medicine, coating, loquat fruits