The invention discloses a mustard
essential oil fresh preserver and an application thereof in refreshing
fruits and vegetables. The main
active component of the mustard
essential oil fresh preserver is mustard
essential oil containing over 99% of allylisothiocyanate, and the mustard essential oil fresh preserver is mainly applied to a
solid sustained release tablet and packaging bags made of plastic aluminum film paper. The
solid sustained release tablet consists of 5%-10% of the mustard essential oil, 80%-85% of beta-
cyclodextrin and 5%-10% of
stearic acid. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: firstly, fully mixing and stirring the mustard essential oil and the alpha (beta)-
cyclodextrin according to the proportion in a seal container, adding the
stearic acid, mixing and stirring, directly packaging in the paper bags, sealing the opening in time,
filling in the plastic bags, sealing by vacuumizing, or after using a tablet
machine to make tablets,
filling in the
plastic film bags and sealing the opening, finally storing at dark places. The fresh preserver can slowly release the mustard essential oil, can be used combining with fruit and vegetable
plastic film package, and is suitable for storing, conveying and refreshing various
fruits and vegetables of apples, pears, grapes, jujubes, oranges, mangos, cherries, bananas, potatoes, onions, garlic and the like, thereby effectively restraining the growth of pathogenic organisms after picking up the fruits and the vegetables in the process of storing and refreshing and prolonging the refreshing time and the distance of the market circulation.