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    Impact of cold atmospheric pressure plasma processing on storage of blueberries
    (Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020) Pathak, Namrata; Grossi Bovi, Graziele; Limnaios, Athanasios; Fröhling, Antje; Brincat, Jean-Pierre; Taoukis, Petros; Valdramidis, Vasilis P.; Schlüter, Oliver
    The current study aimed at investigating the impact of nitrogen (N)-generated cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) treatment on blueberries focusing on the overall impact on berry quality and microbial load along a storage period of 10 days. Blueberries were treated for 0 (control), 5, and 10 min. Assessment of fruit quality (°Bx, ascorbic acid, anthocyanins, titratable acidity, elasticity, and color parameters) and microbial analysis was performed. Results showed that CAPP treatment was more effective in inhibiting bacterial growth than fungal growth and during the subsequent storage, the quality parameters did not differ significantly from the control, under the same conditions. The study supports N-generated CAPP as a disinfection technique to reduce microbial load in blueberries without significantly impacting most quality parameters. Practical applications: Over the last decades, foodborne illness outbreaks around the world have been associated with berries. For that reason, due to the increasing consumption of berries it is paramount to study technologies that can eliminate pathogens responsible for such outbreaks. Cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) can be a promising technology to be used as an alternative to traditional decontamination methods of food. In this context, this study explored the effect and efficiency of this novel technology on reduction of native microflora and its impact on the physical and chemical properties of blueberries treated by nitrogen (N)-generated CAPP with subsequent storage of 10 days. Results of this work confirmed that such technology has high potential application for decontamination of berries without significantly impacting most quality parameters and thereby can be a potential technology for industrial applications. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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    GSH modification as a marker for plasma source and biological response comparison to plasma treatment
    (Basel : MDPI, 2020) Ranieri, Pietro; Mohamed, Hager; Myers, Brayden; Dobossy, Leah; Beyries, Keely; Trosan, Duncan; Krebs, Fred C.; Miller, Vandana; Stapelmann, Katharina
    This study investigated the use of glutathione as a marker to establish a correlation between plasma parameters and the resultant liquid chemistry from two distinct sources to predefined biological outcomes. Two different plasma sources were operated at parameters that resulted in similar biological responses: cell viability, mitochondrial activity, and the cell surface display of calreticulin. Specific glutathione modifications appeared to be associated with biological responses elicited by plasma. These modifications were more pronounced with increased treatment time for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology Reference Microplasma Jet (COST-Jet) and increased frequency for the dielectric barrier discharge and were correlated with more potent biological responses. No correlations were found when cells or glutathione were exposed to exogenously added long-lived species alone. This implied that short-lived species and other plasma components were required for the induction of cellular responses, as well as glutathione modifications. These results showed that comparisons of medical plasma sources could not rely on measurements of long-lived chemical species; rather, modifications of biomolecules (such as glutathione) might be better predictors of cellular responses to plasma exposure. © 2020 by the authors.