3.3.5. Anthocyanins
Anthocyanins are beneficial to human health (García-Alonso et al., 2004). The amount of anthocyanins is important for the attractiveness and maturity assessments of strawberries (Ayala-Zavala et al., 2004).
The effect of all the treatments on the changes of anthocyanins in the strawberry fruit during storage at 20 °C is shown in Fig. 6. Anthocyanin content increased in all treatments during the whole storage period. Thus the strawberries became darker with storage as ripening progressed. During storage, the anthocyanin content in the fruit treated with Lau + SA + CS was lower than that of the control. There were no significant differences in anthocyanin contents among all the treatments (Fig. 6).