title: Resveratrol treatment controls microbial flora, prolongs shelf life, and preserves nutritional quality of fruit.
abstract: Resveratrol is known as a grapevine secondary metabolite with fungicide activity. Its exogenous application on harvested grapes resulted in the reduction of microbial flora growth, and consequently, prolonged shelf life, without affecting the nutritional quality of the fruit. Resveratrol treatment also resulted in being effective on fruit that normally does not accumulate such metabolites as, for example, tomatoes, apples, avocado pears, and peppers. As a result, all treated fruits maintained their post-harvest quality and health longer than the untreated ones. This study demonstrates the potential use of resveratrol as a natural pesticide to reduce post-harvest fungi development on a broad spectrum of fruit types.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Láseres y Haces Moleculares, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, PC Juan XXIII, 1. 28040-Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jorge Bernardo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Orea
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: Angel González
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ureña
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Navas
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slowing
authors.forename: María Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gómez-Serranillos
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carretero
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Martinis
mesh_terms: D005519:Food Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000382:microbiology; D009753:Nutritive Value; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D013267:Stilbenes; D000077185:Resveratrol