Document:

• Title of the dataset: Apples
• Data underlying publication:
  Natural olive pomace extracts as active ingredient in ‘Royal Gala’ apple slices

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Creators:

• Joana Madureira^1,2,3,4
  ORCID: 0000-0001-6546-797X
  
• Bruno Melgar²
  ORCID: 0000-0002-5825-6872
  
• Fernanda M.A. Margaça¹
  ORCID: 0000-0002-3452-1870
  
• Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira²
  ORCID: 0000-0003-4910-4882
  
• Vitor D. Alves⁵
  ORCID: 0000-0002-4117-5582
  
• Margarida Moldão-Martins⁵
  ORCID: 0000-0003-0558-8715
  
• Celestino Santos-Buelga^4,6
  ORCID: 0000-0001-6592-5299
  
• Lillian Barros^2,3
  ORCID:0000-0002-9050-5189
  
• Sandra Cabo Verde¹
  ORCID: 0000-0002-6615-5289
  

¹ Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, E.N. 10 ao km 139.7, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
² Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
³ Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
⁴ Grupo de Investigación en Polifenoles (GIP-USAL), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
⁵ LEAF, Linking, Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
⁶ Unidad de Excelencia Producción, Agrícola y Medioambiente (AGRIENVIRONMENT), Parque Científico, Universidad de Salamanca, 37185 Salamanca, Spain

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Metadata:

• Related publication:
  https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/9/1926

• Description:
  This dataset contains the data collected from the experimental test performed in apple samples applying different antioxidant coatings. In this study, it was performed a multivariate analysis focused in all the responses collected. Evaluating with different approaches like clustering and PCA.

• Keywords:
  apple slice, storage, shelf life, natural extracts, packaging films

• Spatial coverage:
  Monitoring of samples was made in Lisbon, Portugal, and the experimental data processing related to PCA and K-means was performed in Bragança, Portugal

• Temporal coverage:
  Experimental solid state cultivation was made in 2022 and experimental data was collected and processed through 2022-2023

• Data dictionary:
  Can be found in the Metadata xlsx file

• Methods, materials and software:
  Can be found in the publication, will be linked to the dataset once published online

• This dataset contains the following files:

  • Apples file (Excel file with the entire dataset)
  • Metadata file (Excel file with explanations of all microorganism and variables)
  • Code file Apples.R includes the global analyses conducted in the manuscript

This dataset is published under the CC BY (Attribution) license. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator.