Effect of Gamma Irradiation, Packaging and Storage on Vitamin C Content of Garden Eggs

Abraham Adu-Gyamfi; Nkansah Minnoh Riverson; Nusrut Afful; Victoria Appiah

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Effect of Gamma Irradiation, Packaging and Storage on Vitamin C Content of Garden Eggs

Abraham Adu-Gyamfi, Nkansah Minnoh Riverson, Nusrut Afful, Victoria Appiah

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 5)

Received: 25 August 2016 Accepted: 2 September 2016 Published: 17 October 2016

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Garden eggs are important economic vegetable crops which serve as excellent source of food with high Vitamin C content. The effect of gamma radiation (0, 1, 2, 3 kGy), packaging (polyethylene) and storage (0,1,2,3,4 weeks at 29±1ºC) on the Vitamin C content of three varieties of garden eggs (Solanum aethiopicum GH 8772 and Solanum aethiopicum GH 8773, and Solanum torvum) were studied. Irradiation was done using a cobalt-60 source and the Vitamin C content of the samples were determined by the method of Ciancaglini et al (2001). The effect of gamma irradiation (1 - 3 kGy) on Vitamin C content of the three varieties of garden eggs was not uniform. Packaging with polythene decreased the content of Vitamin C in fruits of Solanum torvum but not those of Solanum aethiopicum L. [GH 8772 and GH 8773]. Storage period decreased the Vitamin C content of packaged samples of all three varieties of garden eggs.

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20160505.18
Page(s)	367-371
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Gamma Irradiation, Vitamin C, Packaging, Storage, Garden Eggs

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Abraham Adu-Gyamfi

Radiation Technology Centre, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana
Nkansah Minnoh Riverson

Department of Nuclear Agriculture and Radiation Processing, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Nusrut Afful

Biotechnology Centre, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana
Victoria Appiah

Department of Nuclear Agriculture and Radiation Processing, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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