Reduction of nectarine decay caused by Rhizopus stolonifer, Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium digitatum with Aloe vera gel alone or with the addition of thymol

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-246

  Navarro, Diana ^a   Díaz Mula, Huertas M ^a   Guillén, Fabián ^a   Zapata, Pedro J ^a   Castillo, Salvador ^a   Serrano, María ^a   Valero, Daniel ^a   Martínez Romero, Domingo ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decay; Ethylene; Natural antifungal activity; Nectarines; Postharvest; Respiration rate

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ETHYLENE; THYMOL;

ACIDITY; ALOE VERA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FRUIT FIRMNESS; FRUIT RIPENING; FRUIT SIZE; FRUIT STORAGE; GEL; NECTARINE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

ALOE; BOTRYTIS; ETHYLENES; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GELS; PENICILLIUM; PRUNUS; RHIZOPUS; THYMOL;

ALOE VERA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 80054073985     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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