Fresh Keeping Agent CAS 3100-04-7, 1-Methylcyclopropene/1-MCP

  Fresh Keeping Agent CAS 3100-04-7, 1-Methylcyclopropene/1-MCP

Basic information

Product name: 1-MCP (1-Methylcyclopropene ) / Ethylene inhibitor

CAS No:3100-04-7

Purity:3.5%

Appearance: White Powder

MOQ:1g

Function: Keep Fruit/Vegetable/Flowers Fresh,slow down the ripening speed.

Advantages:

Product Introduction

1-MCP preservative is the idealest inhibitor for ethylene; it is wildly used as fresh-keeping agent in agriculture industry 

by growers, packers, and shippers to maintain the quality of fruits and vegetables by preventing or delaying the natural ripening process.

Main Function:

Mode of Actions

 It can extend the postharvest storage and shelf life effectively, especially for such fruits, vegetables, 

 and flowers which are sensitive to ethylene.

Dosages

The dosage of 1-MCP sachet depends on the fruits and vegetables package volume for each carton 

or each bag. For example: Apple preservation, put 1 sachet in each standard box whose package 

volume is 10 kg -15 kg. (The volume is 0.055 - 0.06m3 max.). 1g 1-MCP 3.5% WP can effect for 

15 cubic meters Refrigeration House.

Product Application

 How does 1-MCP work?

Appearance of avocado mesocarp in control, ethylene-treated, and 1-MCP-treated seeded 

avocado fruit cvs Ettinger and Arad and seedless fruit cv. Arad stored for 4 weeks at 5 °C 

followed by 4 d at 20 °C. 1-MCP (150 nl l−1) or ethylene (10 μl l−1) treatments were given for 

18 h at 20 °C prior to storage.

Conclusion:

1-MCP treatment effectively prevented mesocarp discoloration during cold storage and subsequent 

shelf-life in both seeded and seedless fruit (Fig. 2). CI development in control avocado fruit has been 

shown previously to be increased by ethylene exposure prior to cold storage (Pesis et al., 2002). 

Delay of internal discoloration in avocado fruit by 1-MCP treatment has also been reported (Pesis et 

al., 2002; Hershkovitz et al., 2005; Woolf et al., 2005).

Precausion: