Abstract:To investigate the preservation effect of sea buckthorn leaf extract on sea buckthorn fruits, fresh sea buckthorn fruits were used as the research object in this study. With sterile distilled water as the control, the fruits were soaked in sea buckthorn leaf extracts of different mass concentrations (5.0, 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0 g·L-1) and stored at 4℃ for 9 days. Changes in the appearance, sensory quality, nutritional components, enzyme indexes, and antioxidant indexes of the sea buckthorn fruits during storage were determined. The results showed that the treatment group with a mass concentration of 15.0 g·L-1 exhibited the best fresh-keeping effect throughout the storage period. After 9 days of storage, compared with the control group, the color difference value, weight loss rate, rot rate, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were reduced by 12.9%, 25.5%, 40.6%, and 28.3%, respectively; the sensory score, soluble solid content, titratable acid content, vitamin C content, and hardness were increased by 21.5%, 11.6%, 13.6%, 68.9%, and 12.7%, respectively; the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT), as well as the scavenging rates of DPPH free radicals and ABTS free radicals, were 1.8, 2.0, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.2 times those of the control group, respectively. In conclusion, it is indicated that the sea buckthorn leaf extract with a mass concentration of 15.0 g·L-1 can effectively delay the quality deterioration of sea buckthorn during storage, prolong the storage period of sea buckthorn fruits, and has high practicality and economic value, which provides a theoretical basis for the preservation of sea buckthorn fruits.