title: Building kinetic models for determining vitamin C content in fresh jujube and predicting its shelf life based on near-infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Fresh jujube (Ziziphus jujube) is rich in vitamin C, which is an important quality index and generally decreases with storage time. The aim of this study was to build kinetic models for determining the vitamin C content, thus predicting the quality characteristics and shelf life of fresh jujube. The quality changes of the jujube stored at room temperature (20 °C) were analyzed using near-infrared spectroscopy. The significant spectra were determined and a calibration model for vitamin C content was developed. The results showed that vitamin C content could be described by the zero-order kinetics model based on the regressions. In addition, the shelf life of the jujube at room temperature was calculated according to the regression model.
authors.affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China. yhe@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yaohua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D005519:Food Preservation; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D031957:Ziziphus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001205:Ascorbic Acid