TY - JOUR
T1 - Fungistatic Films Containing Cinnamon Essential Oil
T2 - New Coatings to Preserve the Nutraceutical Content of Avocado Fruit against Fusariosis
AU - Coyotl-Pérez, Wendy Abril
AU - Morales-Rabanales, Quetzali Nicte
AU - Lozoya-Gloria, Edmundo
AU - Becerra-Martínez, Elvia
AU - Ramírez-García, Sergio A.
AU - Mosso-González, Clemente
AU - Villa-Ruano, Nemesio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Wiley-VHCA AG, Zurich, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Avocadoes are a rich source of nutrients and nutraceuticals that preserve human health. Nevertheless, this fruit is susceptible to phytopathogen infection during the postharvest period causing severe economic losses. Herein, we report on the in situ antifungal assessment of biodegradable films impregnated with the essential oil of Cinnamomum verum (CvEO) as natural fungistatic coatings to extend postharvest quality of Hass avocadoes (Persea americana cv. Hass). These coatings were evaluated on fruits previously infected with a native strain of Fusarium verticillioides. The cytotoxic assessment of CvEO on F. verticillioides revealed a minimum inhibitory concentration of 0.3±0.0 g L−1 whereas its chemical profiling showed (E)-cinnamaldehyde (45.9 %) 1,3,8-p-menthatriene (7.9 %) and linalool (6.8 %) as the major bioactive compounds. Four coatings (FC1–FC4) were made using chitosan (1 %) and a diverse quantity of CvEO (0.4–1.3 % w/v). The physicochemical properties demonstrated that the films FC3 and FC4 have the optimal characteristics of a food coating. Avocadoes preserved with the films FC3 and FC4 substantially kept (p<0.01) fruit firmness and the nutraceutical content of infected avocados at least for 21 d. The results of the present investigation suggest that our hybrid materials can conserve basic nutritional parameters such as fiber, protein, reducing sugars, as well as the content of unsaturated fatty acids which are the main nutraceuticals of this fruit.
AB - Avocadoes are a rich source of nutrients and nutraceuticals that preserve human health. Nevertheless, this fruit is susceptible to phytopathogen infection during the postharvest period causing severe economic losses. Herein, we report on the in situ antifungal assessment of biodegradable films impregnated with the essential oil of Cinnamomum verum (CvEO) as natural fungistatic coatings to extend postharvest quality of Hass avocadoes (Persea americana cv. Hass). These coatings were evaluated on fruits previously infected with a native strain of Fusarium verticillioides. The cytotoxic assessment of CvEO on F. verticillioides revealed a minimum inhibitory concentration of 0.3±0.0 g L−1 whereas its chemical profiling showed (E)-cinnamaldehyde (45.9 %) 1,3,8-p-menthatriene (7.9 %) and linalool (6.8 %) as the major bioactive compounds. Four coatings (FC1–FC4) were made using chitosan (1 %) and a diverse quantity of CvEO (0.4–1.3 % w/v). The physicochemical properties demonstrated that the films FC3 and FC4 have the optimal characteristics of a food coating. Avocadoes preserved with the films FC3 and FC4 substantially kept (p<0.01) fruit firmness and the nutraceutical content of infected avocados at least for 21 d. The results of the present investigation suggest that our hybrid materials can conserve basic nutritional parameters such as fiber, protein, reducing sugars, as well as the content of unsaturated fatty acids which are the main nutraceuticals of this fruit.
KW - Fusarium verticillioides
KW - chitosan
KW - cinnamon essential oil
KW - fungistatic activity
KW - hybrid films
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U2 - 10.1002/cbdv.202200441
DO - 10.1002/cbdv.202200441
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 35820029
AN - SCOPUS:85136227835
SN - 1612-1872
VL - 19
JO - Chemistry and Biodiversity
JF - Chemistry and Biodiversity
IS - 8
M1 - e202200441
ER -