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Antimicrobial Activity of an Aqueous Extract of Green Tea against Food Putrefactive Microorganisms  

Shin, Young-Hee (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Oh, Byung-Tae (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Choi, Sung-Gil (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Heo, Ho-Jin (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee, Seung-Cheol (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University)
Cho, Sung-Hwan (Department of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.16, no.3, 2009 , pp. 392-399 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent studies indicate that green tea may have anticancer, antioxidant, and antihypertensive effects, and aids body weight control and the promotion of various desirable physiological functions. However, few studies have investigated the antimicrobial effects of green tea. We sought to determine the antimicrobial activity of green tea extract against food spoilage microorganisms. The extract showed remarkable antimicrobial effects against a wide spectrum of putrefactive and food spoilage microorganisms when used at concentrations greater than $500{\mu}g/ml$. The extract showed thermal and pH stability in the range of $40{\sim}150^{\circ}C$ and pH 3.11, respectively. Green tea extract seems to be an ideal natural antimicrobial, considering both efficacy and thermal and pH stabilities. Antimicrobial substances in green tea extract were investigated using electron microscopy and a $\beta$-galactosidase assay. The data showed that the extract contains several efficacious materials, and that their activities are not synergistic but are instead independent. Our data indicate that hydrophilic antimicrobial substances in green tea extract might control food spoilage microorganisms owing to perturbation of the microbial cell membrane.
Keywords
green tea extract; antimicrobial effects; electron microscope analysis; $\beta$-galactosidase activity assay;
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