This could be due to organic acids being an important source for
general metabolism including the respiratory tricarboxylic acid
cycle in harvested fruit. On the contrary, a significant increase in
tartaric acid contents was observed during the cold storage and
shelf-life conditions, the pomegranates having 3.75 times higher
contents of tartaric acid at 210 days than immediately after harvest.
At the end of 210 days storage period, the tartaric acid content
recorded in pomegranate fruit were the highest for the control and