- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Coconut Research and Applications
- Peanut Plant Research Studies
- Papaya Research and Applications
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Food composition and properties
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
2018-2025
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
2021
Centro Universitário de Araraquara
2021
The Ohio State University
2020
Instituto de Ciências Farmacêuticas
2018
Portable spectrometers are promising tools that can be an alternative way, for various purposes, of analyzing food quality, such as monitoring in a few seconds the internal quality during fruit ripening field. A portable/handheld (palm-sized) near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer (Neospectra, Si-ware) with spectral range 1295–2611 nm, equipped micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMs), was used to develop prediction models evaluate tomato attributes non-destructively. Soluble solid content (SSC),...
This research aims to provide simultaneous predictions of tomato paste’s multiple quality traits without any sample preparation by using a field-deployable portable infrared spectrometer. A total 1843 paste samples were supplied four different leading processors in California, USA, over the seasons 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019. The reference levels including, natural soluble solids (NTSS), pH, Bostwick consistency, titratable acidity (TA), serum viscosity, lycopene, glucose, fructose, ascorbic...
The cambuci is a native Brazilian fruit from the Atlantic Forest biome. A soft and astringent pulp, green color, sweet aroma are its main characteristics. Classical food quality attributes (fresh mass, height, diameters, total soluble solid, titratable acidity, ratio) metabolic profile ten accessions three different locations were analyzed herein by analytical methods (refractometry neutralization titration) nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Concerning sugar content, sucrose was...
Papaya is a fruit of great economic importance worldwide, but still presents high rate postharvest losses.Among the different reasons explaining this phenomenom, intensive labor and inappropriate storage conditions are main ones.Carnauba wax nanoemulsion (CWN) coating may be an alternative to problem, preserving quality.Therefore, experimental CWN was developed set three trials were conducted evaluate its performance on papaya fruits solo type.On first trial, applied at concentrations 4.5,...
A alface crocantela, do grupo de alfaces crocantes, foi desenvolvida com características similares às cultivares crespas rendimento alto tanto em cultivo campo quanto hidropônico. Além da eficiência produtiva, é importante que a folhosa possua também qualidade nutricional e aceitação consumidor. O objetivo estudo avaliar as físico-químicas crocantela das comerciais crespa crocante (SVR-2005) vanda (TE-112), cultivadas sistema Foram realizadas análises pH, sólidos solúveis, ácido ascórbico,...
The main goal of this research was to evaluate the postharvest quality during storage papaya wrapped with polyvinyl chloride containing silver.Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic absorption spectroscopy were employed for film characterization.For experiments, unwrapped fruits compared individually ones in both conventional silver stored under two conditions (10 days at 15°C, 2 22°C simulate market conditions).The physicochemical analyzes,...
No Brasil, há um mercado crescente que explora novas variedades, como a alface Brunela se destaca pela crocância e por ser adaptada às condições brasileiras de cultivo, representando uma inovação para o alfacicultura. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar as características físico-químicas sensoriais da das cultivares comercial crespa Green Frisly Vanda, cultivadas em sistema hidropônico. As foram avaliadas quanto ao pH, sólidos solúveis totais, ácido ascórbico, cor instrumental, clorofila, perda...