METHOD FOR PREPARING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLE FOR STORAGE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, treatment of fruit and vegetable before laying for storage. SUBSTANCE: method involves subjecting fruit and vegetable to hydraulic cooling by saturated aqueous solution of antiseptic preparation produced by sequential extracting Mortierella alpina micromycet biomass with the use of non-polar extractant in above-critical state, water, alkaline, water, acid, water, alkaline and water, with following joining of first extract with solid residue; placing fruit and vegetable in temperature-controlled store. EFFECT: reduced corrosive wear of equipment and reduced storage losses of product.