Table 4 shows the effect of the SPI-based edible coating with 1% Cys and the packaging conditions on the weight loss and firmness of fresh-cut eggplant by storage days 3 and 9 at 5 ◦ C.
As observed in the first experiment,
the uncoated samples stored in superatmopsheric O2 had the greatest weight loss,
and no significant differences were found for the remaining treatments