PLANT-BASED DISINFECTANTS FOR APPLES (MALUS DOMESTICA)

• Main Authors: CASTRO ROSAS Javier, GÓMEZ ALDAPA Carlos Alberto
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 16.11.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

The present invention describes compositions for effectively disinfecting and/or preserving fruits and vegetables polluted with pathogen and spoilage microorganisms. The aforementioned compositions contain extracts or compounds with antimicrobial activity derived from plants, which may act by themselves or in combination with other disinfecting agents, such as organic acids and chlorine compounds, and surfactants such as polysorbate 80. The compositions of the invention are able to remove or inactivate the microbial pollution, including that of pathogen microorganisms, in apples without altering the nutritious and/or sensorial properties therein. La presente invención describe composiciones para la desinfección y/o preservación efectiva de frutas y verduras contaminadas con microorganismos patógenos y deterioradores. Las composiciones descritas contienen extractos o compuestos con actividad antimicrobiana derivados de plantas, los cuales pueden actuar por si solos o en combinación con otros agentes desinfectantes, como por ejemplo ácidos orgánicos y compuestos del cloro, y tensoactivos, como el polisorbato 80. Las composiciones de la invención son capaces de eliminar o inactivar la contaminación microbiana, incluyendo la de microorganismos patógenos, de manzanas sin alterar las propiedades nutritivas y/o alimenticias y/o sensoriales de las manzanas.