2.1. Materials
Cantaloupes were purchased from a local grocery store on the same
day as their arrival and stored at 4 °C for a maximum of 2 days before
experiments. Same batch of cantaloupes from the same producer was
used in comparable treatments. Sodium alginate was purchased from
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (St. Louis, MO). CBO extracted from Cinnamomum
cassia Blume was a product from Plant Therapy Essential Oils (Twin
Falls, ID). SBO containing 50–54% linoleic acid was procured from MP
Biomedicals, LLC (Santa Ana, CA). Other chemicals were obtained from
either Sigma-Aldrich or Fisher Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA).