ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2018
Chitosan, a Biopolymer With Triple Action on Postharvest Decay of Fruit and Vegetables: Eliciting, Antimicrobial and Film-Forming Properties.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review
- Plant Immune Elicitors for Postharvest Fruit Preservation: Multifunctional Benefits, Emerging Secreted Protein Elicitors, and Future Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Chitosan Coatings with Essential Oil ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The role of induced resistance in mitigating postharvest fungal diseases in fruits and vegetables.Journal of advanced research · 2026Review
- In vivo antibacterial activity of chitosan nanoparticles against Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broilers.Irish veterinary journal · 2026Article
- In Vitro Assessment of Essential Oils as Sustainable Antifungal Agents AgainstMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Glucose/ROS dual-responsive mitochondria-targeting nanozyme microneedles remodel mitochondrial homeostasis to orchestrate immune metabolic reprogramming for diabetic foot ulcer healing.Regenerative biomaterials · 2026Article
- Gold Nanoparticles and Chitosan as Innovative Compounds in Medicine and Cosmetology: A Review of Current Applications.Current medicinal chemistry · 2026Review
- Postharvest biocontrol agents in fruits and vegetables: mechanisms, applications, challenges, and future perspectives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Innovative Strategies for Postharvest Disease Management in Fruits and Vegetables: A Comprehensive Treatise.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Chitosan as an Elicitor in Plant Tissue Cultures: Methodological Challenges.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Role of irradiated and un-irradiated alginate as edible coating in physicochemical and nutritional quality of cherry tomato.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Biochemical Characterization and Disease Control Efficacy ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Preventing microbe colonization on avocado (Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Increasing vineyard sustainability: innovating a targeted chitosan-derived biocontrol solution to induce grapevine resistance against downy and powdery mildews.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Impact of pre-harvest fungicide application on the storage performance of tomato fruits.PloS one · 2024Article
- Genetic and molecular landscapes of the generalist phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea.Molecular plant pathology · 2024Review
- Effects of chitosan on plant growth under stress conditions: similarities with plant growth promoting bacteria.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- Physicochemical Evaluation of Coated Ginger during Long-Term Storage: Impact of Chitosan and Beeswax Bilayer Coatings at Different Temperatures.Scientifica · 2024Article
- Application of a Chitosan-Cinnamon Essential Oil Composite Coating in Inhibiting Postharvest Apple Diseases.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Chitosan is a natural biopolymer from crab shells that is known for its biocompatibility, biodegradability, and bioactivity. In human medicine, chitosan is used as a stabilizer for active ingredients in tablets, and is popular in slimming diets. Due to its low toxicity, it was the first basic substance approved by the European Union for plant protection (Reg. EU 2014/563), for both organic agriculture and integrated pest management. When applied to plants, chitosan shows triple activity: (i) elicitation of host defenses; (ii) antimicrobial activity; and (iii) film formation on the treated surface. The eliciting activity of chitosan has been studied since the 1990's, which started with monitoring of enzyme activities linked to defense mechanisms (e.g., chitinase, β-1,3 glucanase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase) in different fruit (e.g., strawberry, other berries, citrus fruit, table grapes). This continued with investigations with qRT-PCR (Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction), and more recently, with RNA-Seq. The antimicrobial activity of chitosan against a wide range of plant pathogens has been confirmed through many
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.