Fruits and vegetables are susceptible to microbial infestation and spoilage during post-harvest storage and preservation, which seriously affects their shelf life and quality safety, thus the development of safe, efficient and low side-effect natural plant-derived preservatives has become a research trend. As the main by-product of oil -tea camellia seed processing, oil-tea camellia seed cake and meal contains a variety of active ingredients such as saponins, flavonoids, peptides(produced with protein), polysaccharides and polyphenols, which have strong antibacterial and antiseptic effects. Th...
