Antimicrobial activity of chitin, chitosan and their
derivatives against fungi
Use of bioactive substances such as chitosan to control
post-harvest fungal disease has attracted much
attention due to imminent problems associated with
chemical agents, which include development of public
resistance to fungicide-treated produce, and increasing
the number of fungicide tolerant post-harvest pathogens
and a number of fungicides that are still under observation
[18]. Chitosan reduces the in vitro growth of
numerous fungi with the exception Zygomycetes, i.e the
fungi containing chitosan as a major component of its