What is it about?
Agricultural wastes could be one of the novel sources for bioactive components, the immature fig fruit was the best extract which gives the best results as an application in postharvest grain safety operation. The application of oil-extract film was a novel method saving grains against mycotoxins.
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Why is it important?
To our knowledge, the detoxification properties of Fig Leaves extract, immature fig fruits extract of Ficus carica on aflatoxigenic fungi had not been evaluated. This enforces the need for investigating the inhibitory effects and detoxification properties of Ficus carica extracts and further identification of the biologically active chemical ingredients.
Perspectives
This study was aimed at evaluating anti-bacterial, antifungal, detoxification of toxigenic fungi and antioxidant activities of agricultural wastes, including immature fig fruits (ImFF); fig leaves (FL), and pomegranate husk (POH) extracts. Also, it was targeted to apply the concentrated of those extracts after freeze-drying as a biofilm loaded on a jojoba oil to evaluate its ability to reduce both toxigenic fungal growth and retard the aflatoxin production. To our knowledge, the detoxification properties of FL.
Dr Ahmed Noah Badr
National Research Centre, Egypt
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This page is a summary of: Oil-bioactive Films as an Antifungal Application to Save Post-harvest Food Crops, Annual Research & Review in Biology, January 2017, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/arrb/2017/36149.
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