Dept. Food Technology, EPSO, University Miguel Hernández, Ctra. Beniel, Km. 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Alicante, Spain.
Int J Food Microbiol. 2011 Dec 2;151(2):241-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.009. Epub 2011 Sep 17.
Two nectarine cultivars ('Flavela' and 'Flanoba') were treated with Aloe vera gel alone, or with the addition of thymol, and then inoculated with Rhizopus stolonifer, Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium digitatum. Both treatments were effective in reducing the decay incidence caused by the 3 fungi species, although the addition of thymol did not generally improve the efficacy of Aloe vera gel on reducing the infection damage. The coatings were clearly effective in reducing the postharvest ripening process of both nectarine cultivars manifested by a delay in ethylene production and respiration rate, weight loss and softening. Interestingly, these coatings showed effectiveness on reducing decay development in inoculated fruits and thus Aloe vera could be considered as natural antifungal compound and might serve as alternative of synthetic fungicides.
两个油桃品种（“Flavela”和“Flanoba”）分别用纯库拉索芦荟凝胶、添加百里香酚的库拉索芦荟凝胶处理，然后接种根霉、灰葡萄孢和桔青霉。两种处理都能有效降低 3 种真菌引起的腐烂发病率，尽管添加百里香酚通常不能提高库拉索芦荟凝胶对降低感染损伤的功效。这些涂层能有效延缓两种油桃品种的后熟过程，表现为乙烯生成和呼吸速率、失重和软化的延迟，显然对减少腐烂的发展是有效的。有趣的是，这些涂层对接种果实的腐烂发展也有抑制作用，因此，库拉索芦荟可以被认为是一种天然的抗真菌化合物，可能是合成杀菌剂的替代品。
