Strawberries are known for their pleasant flavor and are a good source of compounds of interest, being widely consumed. Strawberries are sensitive to handling, with high respiratory rate, fragile structure and small storage period, being necessary the use of cold storage and the use of techniques that replace the sanitation to increase the shelf life.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of doses of irradiation on the antioxidant activity (radical scavenging activity (%RSA) by DPPH method) in strawberries maintained for 15 days in cold storage .
Fruits were harvested at optimum maturity and irradiated with cobalt 60 source (CDTN - UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil ) in three doses (0.5 kGy , 1.0 kGy and 1.5 kGy ) and control, being evaluated during storage on every 3 days and since day 0, at the Postharvest Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables of UFLA, MG, Brazil.
