Investigations on the Antifungal Effect of Nerol against Aspergillus flavus Causing Food Spoilage

Table 1

Mean scores of overall acceptability of stored cherry tomatoes treated with NEL.

Conc. of NEL (μL/mL air)	Wound-inoculated fruits			Naturally infected fruits
	Day 3	Day 6	Day 9	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21
Control	6.83±0.93^a	3.17±0.72^a	1.17±0.39^a	7.08±1.00^a	3.33±1.43^a	1.08±0.29^a
0.025	7.17±1.11^ab	3.92±0.90^ab	2.67±0.89^b	7.25±0.87^a	5.17±1.34^b	2.50±0.80^b
0.05	7.58±1.08^abc	4.17±1.27^b	3.17±1.19^b	7.58±1.00^ab	5.92±1.24^b	3.91±1.00^c
0.075	7.92±0.90^bc	5.83±1.11^c	4.92±1.24^c	7.75±0.87^ab	6.25±1.22^b	5.42±1.31^d
0.1	8.17±0.94^c	7.42±1.08^d	6.25±0.87^d	8.25±0.97^b	7.58±1.38^c	7.33±1.07^e

Conc.: Concentration.
a∼eValues are mean (𝑛=3) ± standard deviations. Values followed by the same letter in each column are not significantly different in ANOVA and Duncan multiple range test (𝑃<0.05).