The Inhibitory Concentration of Natural Food Preservatives May Be Biased by the Determination Methods.

agar dilution antimicrobial activity chitosan drop diffusion on agar food preservatives nisin propolis

Journal

Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2304-8158
Titre abrégé: Foods
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101670569

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 May 2021
Historique:
received: 18 03 2021
revised: 19 04 2021
accepted: 01 05 2021
entrez: 2 6 2021
pubmed: 3 6 2021
medline: 3 6 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The demand for natural antimicrobials as food preservatives has increased due to the growing interest of the population for a healthy lifestyle. The application of screening methods to identify the antimicrobial activity of natural compounds is of great importance. The in vitro determination of antimicrobial activity requires determining their minimum inhibitory concentrations to assess microbial susceptibility. This study aimed to evaluate the minimum inhibitory concentrations of three natural antimicrobial compounds-chitosan, ethanolic propolis extract, and nisin-against 37 microorganisms (different pathogens and spoilage microorganisms) by the methods of agar dilution and drop diffusion on agar. Culture media at different pH values were used for both methods to simulate different food products. Most of the microorganisms were inhibited by chitosan (0.5%

Identifiants

pubmed: 34066353
pii: foods10051009
doi: 10.3390/foods10051009
pmc: PMC8148156
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
ID : SFRH/BPD/113303/2015
Organisme : European Regional Development Fund
ID : POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024524

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Auteurs

Joana Gomes (J)

Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, CBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina-Laboratório Associado, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal.

Joana Barbosa (J)

Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, CBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina-Laboratório Associado, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal.

Paula Teixeira (P)

Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, CBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina-Laboratório Associado, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal.

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