Coatings comprising chitosan and Mentha piperita L. or Mentha×villosa Huds essential oils to prevent common postharvest mold infections and maintain the quality of cherry tomato fruit

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-178

  Guerra, Ingrid Conceição Dantas ^a   de Oliveira, Priscila Dinah Lima ^a   de Souza Pontes, Alline Lima ^a   Lúcio, Ana Sílvia Suassuna Carneiro ^a   Tavares, Josean Fechine ^a   Barbosa Filho, José Maria ^a   Madruga, Marta Suely ^a   de Souza, Evandro Leite ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Edible coating; Mentha spp.; Phytopathogenic fungi; Postharvest treatment; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMORPHENE; ALPHA FARNESENE; ALPHA GURJUNENE; BETA CUBEBENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BOURBONENE; CAMPHENE; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHITOSAN; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; OCIMENE; OCTANOL; PINENE; ROTUNDIFOLONE; SABINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOULD; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPORE GERMINATION; STORAGE; TOMATO; ANIMAL; BOTRYTIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PENAEIDAE; PENICILLIUM; PROCEDURES; RHIZOPUS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYTIS; CHITOSAN; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PENAEIDAE; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 84941266682     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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