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Antimicrobials from Seaweeds for Food Applications
- Source :
- Marine Drugs, Vol 19, Iss 211, p 211 (2021), Marine Drugs
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The exponential growth of emerging multidrug-resistant microorganisms, including foodborne pathogens affecting the shelf-life and quality of foods, has recently increased the needs of the food industry to search for novel, natural and eco-friendly antimicrobial agents. Macroalgae are a bio-diverse group distributed worldwide, known to produce multiple compounds of diverse chemical nature, different to those produced by terrestrial plants. These novel compounds have shown promising health benefits when incorporated into foods, including antimicrobial properties. This review aims to provide an overview of the general methods and novel compounds with antimicrobial properties recently isolated and characterized from macroalgae, emphasizing the molecular pathways of their antimicrobial mechanisms of action. The current scientific evidence on the use of macroalgae or macroalgal extracts to increase the shelf-life of foods and prevent the development of foodborne pathogens in real food products and their influence on the sensory attributes of multiple foods (i.e., meat, dairy, beverages, fish and bakery products) will also be discussed, together with the main challenges and future trends of the use of marine natural products as antimicrobials.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
novel compounds
Food industry
preservation
Pharmaceutical Science
Review
Health benefits
Biology
Shelf life
01 natural sciences
Foodborne Diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Structure-Activity Relationship
Anti-Infective Agents
010608 biotechnology
Food Preservation
Drug Discovery
Animals
Humans
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
foodborne pathogens
lcsh:QH301-705.5
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
Bacteriological Techniques
Molecular Structure
business.industry
sustainability
Antimicrobial
Seaweed
Biotechnology
shelf-life
lcsh:Biology (General)
antimicrobial bioactives
Food products
Food Microbiology
Food Preservatives
Fish
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16603397
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine drugs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b6d56916fb3087ea3c0b40161d2f553