Role of plant extracts and essential oils in fighting against postharvest fruit pathogens and extending fruit shelf life: A review

A El Khetabi, R Lahlali, S Ezrari, N Radouane… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The review highlight the potential of plant extracts, and essential oils to control
post-harvest diseases.•In vitro and in vivo results of plant extracts and essential oils revealed …

A Review on Cistus sp.: Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Activities

I Zalegh, M Akssira, M Bourhia, F Mellouki, N Rhallabi… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Resistance to drugs is reaching alarming levels and is placing human health at risk. With the
lack of new antimicrobials drugs, infectious diseases are becoming harder to treat. Hence …

Effect of Aloe vera gel coating enriched with Fagonia indica plant extract on physicochemical and antioxidant activity of sapodilla fruit during postharvest storage

G Khaliq, M Ramzan, AH Baloch - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of Aloe vera (AV) gel (at 50% or 100%) alone or enriched with Fagonia indica (FI)
plant extract at 1% on physiological and biochemical responses of sapodilla fruit were …

Mediterranean plants as potential source of biopesticides: An overview of current research and future trends

R Fragkouli, M Antonopoulou, E Asimakis, A Spyrou… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development and implementation of safe natural alternatives to synthetic pesticides are
urgent needs that will provide ecological solutions for the control of plant diseases, bacteria …

Formulation of selective hydrophobic deep eutectic oil-in-water nanoemulsion as green fungicides for mitigating anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

MJ Gidado, AAN Gunny, SCB Gopinath… - Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrophobic deep eutectic nanoemulsions derived from fatty acids and terpenes (referred to
as HyDEN) were introduced as potential nano-coating to effectively combat anthracnose …

Inhibitory Effect of 7-Demethoxytylophorine on Penicillium italicum and its Possible Mechanism

C Chen, W Qi, X Peng, J Chen, C Wan - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
7-demethoxytylophorine (DEM) is a phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, which is reported to be
effective in inhibiting leucocytes and regulation of human immunity. However, few studies …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal activities of aqueous extracts of Moroccan medicinal plants against monilinia spp. Agent of Brown rot disease

A El Khetabi, L El Ghadraoui, R Ouaabou… - Journal of Natural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Apple fruit is one of the worldwide most industrially valuable horticulture crops. However, the
fruit is vulnerable to post-harvest brown rot degradation caused by Monilinia laxa and …

The use of essential oil embedded in polylactic acid/chitosan-based film for mango post-harvest application against pathogenic fungi

AAN Gunny, SJ Leem, MMZ Makhtar, NI Zainuddin… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mango has a high global demand. Fruit fungal disease causes post-harvest mango and fruit
losses. Conventional chemical fungicides and plastic prevent fungal diseases but they are …

Postharvest Application of Novel Bio-Based Antifungal Composite Edible Coatings to Reduce Sour Rot and Quality Losses of 'Valencia'Oranges

MV Alvarez, MB Pérez-Gago, V Taberner… - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sour rot, caused by Geotrichum citri-aurantii, can produce significant postharvest losses of
citrus fruits and, currently, cannot be effectively controlled by the postharvest fungicides …

Efficacy assessment of pomegranate peel aqueous extract for brown rot (Monilinia spp.) disease control

A El Khetabi, R Lahlali, L Askarne, S Ezrari… - … and Molecular Plant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brown rot, caused by both fungal pathogens Monilinia laxa and M. fructigena, is considered
as one of major pre-and postharvest pathogen of tree fruit. Therefore, this study aimed at …