en Food Science Food Science پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Background and Objectives: </span></span></b>Effects of edible coatings, including sodium alginate (Alg), pullulan (Pul) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with bitter orange peel extract (BOE), on the chemical, microbial and texture qualities of chicken fillets during storage in refrigerator was investigated.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Materials and Methods: </span></span></b>Samples treated with biopolymer coatings with BOE included significantly lower free fatty acids, peroxide value, total volatile basic nitrogen content and microbial count during cold storage, compared to fillets treated with pure BOE, biopolymer composites (no BOE) and controls.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results: </span></span></b>Effectiveness of the coatings on bacterial population was as follows Alg/Pul/BOE > Pul/CMC/BOE > Alg/CMC/BOE > BOE > Alg/Pul > Alg/CMC > Pul/CMC > control. Coating fillet samples with pure BEO showed greater inhibitory activities against microbial spoilage, compared with composite coatings with no extracts.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusions: </span></span></b>Treatment efficiency as of antimicrobial agents and maintenance of physicochemical characteristics were as follows Alg/Pul/BOE > Pul/CMC/BOE > Alg/CMC/BOE. Based on the current findings, these composite coatings can be promising options to improve the quality of fresh foods during shelf-life.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Biopolymer, Chicken fillet, Composite, Coating 23 35 http://nfsr.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1078-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Azizkhani maryam_azizkhani@yahoo.com 10031947532846006064 10031947532846006064 Yes Amol University of Special Modern Technologies Saba Samie Ghahfarokhi sabasamie65@gmail.com 10031947532846006065 10031947532846006065 No Amol University of Special Modern Technologies Razieh Partovi r.partovi@ausmt.ac.ir 10031947532846006066 10031947532846006066 No Amol University of Special Modern Technologies