Abstract
Brazil, the world's largest citros producer, yields around 19 million tons per year and exports most part of its production as orange juice. Essential oils (EOs) extracted from leaves, fruit and flowers of many species of the genus Citrus have been widely used as the result of their promising bioactivities. The fungus Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., an agent which causes soft rot in fruit, has been considered one of the main factors that cause postharvest diseases, thus, leading to major economic losses in agribusiness. This research aimed at evaluating the chemical composition and in vitro antifungal effect of EOs from two varieties of fresh Citrus sinensis (lima orange and bahia navel orange) peel on mycelial growth of R. stolonifer. EOs were obtained by hydrodistillation, which was carried out by a Clevenger-type apparatus, while their chemical composition was analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Limonene was the major monoterpene identified in EOs from lima orange (95.2%) and bahia navel orange (93.2%) peel. EOs from lima orange and bahia navel orange inhibited 91.95% and 80.05% mycelial growth of R. stolonifer, respectively, at the highest dose under evaluation (100 L). This study revealed the biotechnological potential of EOs extracted from fruit peel of two varieties of citros which may applied to biofilm preparation, so as to coat and preserve different types of fruit.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Limonene comprised 95.2% of lima orange peel essential oil.
- Taxon
- Citrus sinensis
Citrus sinensist0 - Material
- lima orangee0
- Organ / stage
- peele0
- Outcome
- Limonene was the major monoterpenee0
- Value
- 95.2%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Limonene was the major monoterpene identified in EOs from lima orange (95.2%) and bahia navel orange (93.2%) peel”
t0“Citrus sinensis”
Claim · model-written summary
Limonene comprised 93.2% of bahia navel orange peel essential oil.
- Taxon
- Citrus sinensisCitrus sinensist0
- Material
- bahia navel orangee0
- Organ / stage
- peele0
- Outcome
- Limonene was the major monoterpenee0
- Value
- 93.2%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Limonene was the major monoterpene identified in EOs from lima orange (95.2%) and bahia navel orange (93.2%) peel”
t0“Citrus sinensis”
Claim · model-written summary
Lima orange oil inhibited R. stolonifer mycelial growth by 91.95% at 100 L.
- Taxon
- Citrus sinensisCitrus sinensist0
- Material
- lima orangee0
- Treatment
- EOs from lima orangee0
- Interactor
- R. stolonifer
Rhizopus stolonifere0pathogen - Outcome
- mycelial growth of R. stolonifere0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 91.95%e0
- Qualifier
- 100 Le0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EOs from lima orange and bahia navel orange inhibited 91.95% and 80.05% mycelial growth of R. stolonifer, respectively, at the highest dose under evaluation (100 L)”
t0“Citrus sinensis”
Claim · model-written summary
Bahia navel orange oil inhibited R. stolonifer mycelial growth by 80.05% at 100 L.
- Taxon
- Citrus sinensisCitrus sinensist0
- Material
- bahia navel orangee0
- Treatment
- EOs from lima orange and bahia navel orangee0
- Interactor
- R. stoloniferRhizopus stolonifere0pathogen
- Outcome
- mycelial growth of R. stolonifere0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 80.05%e0
- Qualifier
- 100 Le0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EOs from lima orange and bahia navel orange inhibited 91.95% and 80.05% mycelial growth of R. stolonifer, respectively, at the highest dose under evaluation (100 L)”
t0“Citrus sinensis”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose citrus peel oils for fruit preserving biofilms.
- Taxon
- Citrus sinensisCitrus sinensist0
- Outcome
- biofilm preparation, so as to coat and preserve different types of fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EOs extracted from fruit peel of two varieties of citros which may applied to biofilm preparation, so as to coat and preserve different types of fruit”
t0“Citrus sinensis”
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