7. Conclusions
Overall, storing B. edulis for the extended periods assayed herein does not seem to be advised. In fact, some relevant changes were detected in samples stored for 6 and 12 months, with more deleterious effect for the longer period. In addition, the applied GI doses do not seem to be enough to prevent this adverse occurrence, since a relevant decrease in several chemical parameters was also observed in samples submitted to irradiation. Nevertheless, treating samples with gamma irradiation induced a slight improvement in the antioxidant activity and some of the bioactive compounds profiled in this work.