“…In recent years, a large number of substances considered safe have been successfully used to control postharvest gray mold damage in fruit and vegetables, such as CO [ 15 , 16 ], propionate [ 17 , 18 ] and sodium silicate [ 19 , 20 ]. Additionally, phenolic acids derived from various fruit and vegetables, such as ferulic acid [ 21 , 22 ] and chlorogenic acid [ 23 , 24 ], along with specific essential oils like Origanum Dictamnus [ 25 , 26 ] and thyme [ 27 , 28 ] were employed to mitigate the damage caused by gray mold disease. Amino acids, inherently present in plants as natural products, play essential roles in various intracellular metabolic pathways, including ATP generation, nucleotide synthesis and redox homeostasis [ 29 ].…”