Plant antimicrobials for food quality and safety: Recent views and future challenges

L Pinto, MR Tapia-Rodríguez, F Baruzzi… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for natural, safe, and sustainable food preservation methods drove
research towards the use of plant antimicrobials as an alternative to synthetic preservatives …

Applications of essential oils as antibacterial agents in minimally processed fruits and vegetables—A review

MIS Santos, C Marques, J Mota, L Pedroso, A Lima - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial foodborne diseases are a major health concern. In this regard, one of the major
risk factors is related to consumer preferences for “ready-to-eat” or minimally processed …

Exogenous proline, methionine, and melatonin stimulate growth, quality, and drought tolerance in cauliflower plants

HA El-Bauome, EA Abdeldaym, MAM Abd El-Hady… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The impact of proline, methionine, and melatonin on cauliflower plants under drought stress
is still unclear in the available publications. So, this research aims to study these …

Extending shelf life and maintaining quality of tomato fruit by calcium chloride, hydrogen peroxide, chitosan, and ozonated water

SA Shehata, SZ Abdelrahman, MMA Megahed… - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tomatoes are perishable fruit that makes them deteriorate rapidly during the post-harvest
chain. Therefore, the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl2), chitosan, hydrogen peroxide …

Exogenous postharvest application of calcium chloride and salicylic acid to maintain the quality of broccoli florets

HS El-Beltagi, MR Ali, KMA Ramadan, R Anwar… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The importance of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) consumption has increased in
recent years due to its significant amount of anticarcinogenic and antioxidant compounds, as …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopic monitoring of the antibacterial potential of Nepeta elymaitica Bornm essential oil against kohlrabi leaves' foodborne pathogens

SMB Hashemi, S Kaveh, E Abedi - Lwt, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to investigate the antibacterial potential of the Nepeta elymaitica
Bornm essential oil (Nepeta EO) against S. aureus and S. Typhi and evaluation its indirect …

Improved shelf-life and consumer acceptance of fresh-cut and fried potato strips by an edible coating of garden cress seed mucilage

MR Ali, A Parmar, G Niedbała, T Wojciechowski… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coatings that reduce the fat content of fried food are an alternate option to reach both health
concerns and consumer demand. Mucilage of garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seed extract …

Pre-harvest application of salicylic acid, abscisic acid, and methyl jasmonate conserve bioactive compounds of strawberry fruits during refrigerated storage

OS Darwish, MR Ali, E Khojah, BN Samra… - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
The short shelf-life and loss of bioactive compounds of strawberry fruit are the most
important problems during strawberry refrigerated storage. This study was carried out to …

Unravelling the effect of triacontanol in combating drought stress by improving growth, productivity, and physiological performance in strawberry plants

HS El-Beltagi, SA Ismail, NM Ibrahim, WF Shehata… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
To explore the effects of triacontanol (TR) on drought tolerance of strawberry plants (cv
Fertona), two field experiments were carried out to study the effects of three supplementary …

Effect of Additives on Surface Tension, Viscosity, Transparency and Morphology Structure of Aloe vera Gel-Based Coating

L Suriati, IMS Utama, BA Harsojuwono… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coating is a new trend for extending shelf-life and reducing postharvest damage to fruits
currently. Aloe vera gel-based (AVG) coating is made by adding citric acid, ascorbic acid …