Barberry has long been used as an herbal remedy since ancient times which is found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Given the short harvesting season and limited shelf life of the barberry, we evaluated the possibility of using modified atmosphere packaging and oxygen-scavenger sachets to increase its storage period. For this purpose, the physicochemical characterization (antioxidant activity, anthocyanin, phenolic compounds, and ascorbic acid content, acidity, firmness, color, and decay incident) of fresh barberry samples packaged within different atmospheres was investigated over 4 weeks of storage at 4 and 25 °C. The barberries were packaged with low-density polyethylene/polyester (LDPE/PET) films under natural atmosphere (C), N2 gas (N), vacuum (V), or in the presence of an oxygen scavenger (OS). The results revealed that with increased storage period, the O2 and CO2 levels inside the packages decreased and increased, respectively. The antioxidant activity and amounts of anthocyanin, phenolic compounds, and ascorbic acid all decreased with increasing storage period. Among the studied atmospheres, the OS and, subsequently, V packages were most capable of maintaining the quality of fresh barberries, with the decay incidence being approximately 30 times lower inside these packages relative to the control. Increasing the storage temperature accelerated the intensity of chemical changes and decay across all samples. The barberries inside the OS packages stored at 4 °C (and even at 25 °C) still had good sensory properties in terms of chemical properties, texture, and color after 4 weeks. Fortunately, it seems that this packaging technology makes the exportation and delayed consumption of the fresh barberry possible by maintaining its quality.

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除氧剂小袋和气调包装的功能可延长伏牛花的保质期

自远古以来，伏牛花就一直被用作草药，在世界各地的温带和亚热带地区都有发现。鉴于伏牛花的收获季节短且保质期有限，我们评估了使用改良的气息包装和除氧剂小袋来延长其储存期的可能性。为此，研究了在不同大气环境下包装的新鲜伏牛花样品在4和25的贮藏4周后的理化特性（抗氧化活性，花色苷，酚类化合物和抗坏血酸含量，酸度，硬度，颜色和衰变事件）。 ℃。在自然气氛（C），氮气（N），真空（V）或存在除氧剂（OS）的情况下，将伏牛花与低密度聚乙烯/聚酯（LDPE / PET）薄膜包装在一起。结果表明，随着储存时间的增加，包装内的O2和CO2水平分别降低和升高。随着贮藏时间的延长，花青素，酚类化合物和抗坏血酸的抗氧化活性和含量均下降。在所研究的气氛中，OS和随后的V包装最能保持新鲜伏牛花的质量，其腐烂发生率相对于对照组低约30倍。储存温度的升高加速了所有样品化学变化和衰减的强度。在4°C（甚至25°C）下存储的OS包中的伏牛花在4周后的化学性质，质地和颜色方面仍具有良好的感官特性。幸好，