Journal
FOOD CONTROL
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 310-314Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.02.012
Keywords
Antibacterial agents; Citric acid; Food; Nanoparticle; Mango juice; Zinc oxide
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- (Investigation of ZnO nanoparticle on antibacterial activity of citric acid), accepted by Payame Noor University, Taft, Yazd, Iran
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Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have been proven to have strong antibacterial activity against food borne pathogens. The practical applications of different concentrations (0, 1, 3, 5 and 8 mM) of ZnO suspensions containing 0.3% citric acid were investigated against the pathogenic bacteria like, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. Zinc oxide suspensions (0, 1, 3, 5 and 8 mM) containing citric acid have shown a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of all strains during 12 h of incubation. Our results have also shown that 5 and 8 mM suspensions of ZnO were the most effective on all strains. These data suggested that the antibacterial activity of ZnO was concentration dependent. Thus 5 mM and 8 mM ZnO were selected for further studies, carried out in mango juice, as they showed a significant growth inhibition in TSB. ZnO NPs were more capable of reducing initial growth counts of all the above stated strains in mango juice. Results have also exhibited that ZnO and citric acid had inhibitory effect on the growth of all strains during 24 h culture period in mango juice, as compared to the control experiment, which was further confirmed in liquid culture. This is the first report, describing the antibacterial activity of ZnO NPs in mango juices that showed the potential of these nanoparticles for use as an antibacterial agent in the food industry. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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