Figure 5.
Patulin accumulation in Golden Delicious apples treated (100 µg/wound) or untreated by the selected compounds. Reported data are means ± standard errors (SE) of at least three replicates. Statistically significant differences (Turkey test, p ≤ 0.05) are indicated by means of symbols “*,#, $” for analyses in presence of the newly proposed ligands, namely Meticrane, 6-hydroxycoumarin and p-anisic acid with respect to Buffer Ctrl (consisting of PBS + NaOH), Water Ctrl (consisting of H2O), and the known inhibitor umbelliferone. The symbols “*,#, $” indicate a p ≤ 0.05 for each indicated treatment compared to Buffer control (*), Water control (#), or Umbelliferone treatment ($), respectively.