Figure 6 indicates that the lowest average value was shown by T0 i.e. 12.4 mg/100g followed by coated ones with treatment T1, T2 and T3 showed the average values of 13.03, 13.39 and 14.71mg/100g. The ascorbic acid content of sapota fruit in all treatments decreased gradually with storage time. Throughout the storage period, there were
significant differences between coated and uncoated fruits. The decrease in the ascorbic acid level was due to oxidative destruction of ascorbic acid by enzymes during ripening [26]. Ascorbic acid was in higher level in coated fruits (T3) than in uncoated fruits, similar to that reported by