A study on the Effects of using the Essential Oil of Medicinal Plants (Cinnamon, Fennel, Clove) and Storage Temperature on Physicochemical Characteristics and Marketability of Date Fruit of Halilehei Cultivar

Author: Maryam Mohammadi, Bahman Panahi and Najme Soleimani Dehdivan

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Abstract

Halilehei date is considered as a cultivar of fresh date fruit. There is no study conducted on this cultivar and any countable resource available on the chemical characteristics of this cultivar so far. Therefore, to investigate the Halilehei cultivar and the effect of using the essential oil of medical plants (cinnamon, fennel, and clove) on physiochemical characteristics of this type of date fruit, a factorial experiment was conducted based on a completely randomized block design with three replications, and different mean of essential oils and their effects on Halilehei cultivar were investigated and compared using Duncan's test. The treatments consisted of different concentrations of Halilehei cultivar. After washing and draying the dates, they were sprayed with the essential oils of cinnamon, fennel, and clove in concentrations of 200, 400, 600, and 800 µl.l-1, and packaged into cardboard cartons with plastic film in the weight 300±500 g. After two months, the levels of humidity

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Halilehei date, Cinnamon essential oil, Fennel essential oil, Clove essential oil

Conclusion

Halilehei date is considered as a cultivar of fresh date fruit. There is no study conducted on this cultivar and any countable resource available on the chemical characteristics of this cultivar so far. Therefore, to investigate the Halilehei cultivar and the effect of using the essential oil of medical plants (cinnamon, fennel, and clove) on physiochemical characteristics of this type of date fruit, a factorial experiment was conducted based on a completely randomized block design with three replications, and different mean of essential oils and their effects on Halilehei cultivar were investigated and compared using Duncan's test. The treatments consisted of different concentrations of Halilehei cultivar. After washing and draying the dates, they were sprayed with the essential oils of cinnamon, fennel, and clove in concentrations of 200, 400, 600, and 800 µl.l-1, and packaged into cardboard cartons with plastic film in the weight 300±500 g. After two months, the levels of humidity

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Maryam Mohammadi, Bahman Panahi and Najme Soleimani Dehdivan (2019). A study on the effects of using the essential oil of medicinal plants (cinnamon, fennel, clove) and storage temperature on physiochemical characteristics and marketability of date fruit