UV-C irradiation and hermetic storage modulate essential oil profiles and antifungal bioactivity of Apiaceae fruits during long-term storage
Alia Amer, Reham M. Kamel, Aml Shahin, Hend T. E., Mohamad Y. S. Ahmed, Rania A. S., Eman A. Hamed · 2026
Read UV-C irradiation and hermetic storage modulate essential oil profiles and antifungal bioactivity of Apiaceae fruits during long-term storage by Alia Amer, Reham M. Kamel, Aml Shahin, Hend T. E., Mohamad Y. S. Ahmed, Rania A. S., Eman A. Hamed (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13476923.txt.
Description
The spice fruits of the carrot family — fennel, anise, cumin, and caraway — lose their precious essential oils over a year in storage. Alia Amer and co-authors test a two-part defence: a blast of ultraviolet-C light before storage, and sealed packaging. Fruits sat for twelve months in jute, two grades of polyethylene, or an antifungal film, with oil chemistry checked every quarter and antifungal power tested against three crop fungi.
Each fruit's signature compound survived best under the light treatment paired with hermetic or antifungal packaging. Fennel's estragole, anise's anethole, cumin's cuminaldehyde, and caraway's carvone all held at high shares after a year in the best combinations. Computer docking linked key compounds to a fungal enzyme target. The authors recommend the pairing as a practical way to keep stored spice fruits potent and protected.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alia Amer, Reham M. Kamel, Aml Shahin, Hend T. E., Mohamad Y. S. Ahmed, Rania A. S., Eman A. Hamed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |