Over the last few years, several attempts have been made to replace petrochemical products
with renewable and biodegradable components. The most challenging part of this approach …

The increasing resistance of pathogen fungi poses a global public concern. There are
several limitations in current antifungals, including few available fungicides, severe toxicity …

There have been many reviews concerned with antimicrobial food packaging, and with the
use of antifungal compounds, but none provided an exhaustive picture of the applications of …

The control of micro‐organisms responsible for pre‐and postharvest diseases of agricultural
products, mainly viruses and fungi, is a problem that remains unresolved, together with the …

Essential oils (EO) have been studied as a possible substitute of fungicides. EO have been
loaded in polymeric nanoparticles to prevent their degradation and enhance antifungal …

The control of postharvest diseases in tomatoes using hybrid films represents an efficient
and inexpensive alternative to avoid economic losses. This work reports on the design …

Five water-soluble chitosan derivatives were carried out by quaternizing either iodomethane
or N-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl) trimethylammonium chloride (Quat188) as a quaternizing …

An experiment was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial effect of chitosan and nano-
chitosan. Two Gram-negative, three Gram-positive bacteria and three fungal strains were …

Pistachios are one of the most important agricultural and export products of Iran. Fresh
pistachio fruit has soft skin, is highly perishable, and therefore has a short life after …

Antifungal activity against the dermatophytic fungus Trichophyton rubrum by a well-
characterized chitooligosaccharides (COS) sample, hydrolyzed using a recombinant …