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Use of ozone and detergent for removal of pesticides and improving storage quality of tomato

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 125; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108626

1873-7145

Alessandra Aparecida Zinato Rodrigues, Maria Eliana Lopes Ribeiro de Queiroz, Antônio Augusto Neves, André Fernando de Oliveira, Lucas Henrique Figueiredo Prates, Jéssika Faêda de Freitas, Fernanda Fernandes Heleno, L. R. D. Faroni,

Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

The efficiencies of two conventional domestic procedures (immersion in pure water and detergent solution at 0.25 and 1%) and two treatments using ozone (immersion in water with bubbling O3 and immersion in ozonated water, both at 1 and 3 mg L-1) were evaluated for the removal of residues of the fungicides azoxystrobin, chlorothalonil and difenoconazole in tomatoes. The fungicides were sprayed on the fruits at the recommended concentration for the crop. The residues in the tomatoes and in the washing solutions were determined by extraction with low-temperature partition techniques and analysis by gas chromatography. More concentrated solutions were more effective in removing pesticide residues. The water bubbled with ozone at 3 mg L-1 was the most efficient treatment for the removal of fungicides, reaching a reduction of 70-90% of the residues. However, the treatments with the lowest concentration of ozone had lower loss of fruit mass during storage.