ABSTRACT
Smooth-hound fillets were coated with skin gelatin extracted from the skin of the same fish. The gelatin coating solution was enriched with garden cress seed extract (GCSE) at 0.67 mg/g of gelatin. Analysis of the phenolic profile revealed that quinic acid (844 µg/g extract) was the major compound, likely to participate along with other phenolics in enhancing the preservative capacity of GCSE-gelatin coating. Interestingly, psychrophilic/mesophilic bacteria, MDA equivalent, TVB-N and FAA contents in the coated samples were significantly reduced compared to the control, proving the potential of the GCSE-enriched gelatin coating on extending fish fillet shelf-life.
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Authors contribution
Ali Salem: Investigation, writing original draft; Ola Abdelhedi: Data curation; Haifa Sebii: Investigation; Fedia Ben Taher: Methodology; Nahed Fakhfakh: Formal analysis; Frederic Debeaufort; Formal analysis; Mourad Jridi: Conceptualization, Data curation; Nacim Zouari: Data curation, Writing.