Journal
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 211-222Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.09.016
Keywords
Ultrasonic sterilization; Acoustic cavitation; Antibacterial mechanism; Food preservation
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource [2019XK 2002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972172]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20170070]
- Jiangsu Province Research Fund [JNHB-131]
- Jiangsu University Research Fund [11JDG050]
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Background: Pathogenic bacteria contamination has been a global health challenge in the food industry. In this context, ultrasound technique is attracting much more attention as an alternative non-thermal processing method to inactivate pathogens. Compared with traditional thermal process, Ultrasonic Sterilization technology can reduce energy consumption, maintain nutritional content and cause less damage to overall foods quality. Despite ultrasonic sterilization (US) has been proved effective both for its individual and synergistic effect with other antibacterial agents and strategies, but still a knowledge gap exits there in the regulation mechanism of ultrasonic treatment on microorganism physiology that contributes to its application. Scope and approach: Recently, increasing numbers of efficient sterilization strategies based on ultrasound technique have been presented, and the ultrasound-driven cavitation effect has become a promising research direction of US, which can cause a chain of physical and chemical damage to bacterial cells. Therefore, this review mainly discusses the antibacterial effects of US based on its acoustic cavitation combing with mechanical vibration and acoustic streaming, and summarizes the potential antibacterial mechanisms from three fields: sonoporation, sonochemistry and sonoluminescence. Key findings and conclusions: The mechanical stress on bacterial cells, formation of radicals and activation of sonosensitizers induced by acoustic cavitation have been proved as major antibacterial mechanisms in different application strategies of ultrasound to inactivate bacteria, respectively. The information in this review provides the necessary theoretical basis for extending the antibacterial application of ultrasound technique in food processing.
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