| abstract |
The present invention provides a freshness-keeping agent fornplants, such as a harvested plant, demonstrating an effect of keepingnthe freshness without selecting a type among various plants suchnas a harvested plant and also having a high safety. That is, thenpresent invention provides a freshness-keeping agent for plants,nsuch as a harvested plant, comprising a sugar derivative- or sugarnalcohol derivative- based surfactant (A) and at least one selectednfrom the group consisting of a sugar (B), a plant hormone (C), annaging inhibitor (D), an aggregating agent for colloidal particlesn(E) and a germicide, fungicide and preservative (F), preferably inna specific ratio by weight. |