Research Publications (Food Safety)

Author(s): Xiaoxia Wang, Xuhong Chang, Haibing Zhan, Chengyun Li, Qiong Zhang, Sheng Li, Yingbiao Sun. Autophagy activation is one of the survival mechanisms of ethanol-induced hepatitis in mammals. Both Curcumin and Baicalin have anti-inflammatory effects, but the mechanism of their combined action in ethanol-induced hepatitis is still unclear.

Author(s): Jiaju Qiao, Mengjiao Zhu, Yun Fan, Zhaoxin Lu, Fengxia Lv, Haizhen Zhao, Xiaomei Bie. Staphylococcus aureus can survive at low temperature which existed a potential risk of food safety. In this paper, the properties of cold-induced small colony variants (SCVs) were investigated including the antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation and virulence.

Author(s): Longfeng Wang, Xiaoxue Kong, Yun Jiang. High pressure processing (HPP) has been demonstrated as an effective technique in reducing E. coli O157:H7 levels on beef. However, an “injure and recover” action of E. coli O157:H7 was found to raise their beef contamination after HPP disinfection. Furthermore, the recovered cell could be miscalculated owing to the complex bacterial community of meat.

Author(s): Jiai Yan, Ruijin Yang, Shuhuai Yu, Wei Zhao. Staphylococcus aureus is a notorious foodborne pathogen capable of producing various toxins including heat-stable enterotoxin, forming biofilm, evolving to multidrug-resistant strains including methicillin-resistant&n

Author(s): Mert Sudagidan, Veli Cengiz Ozalp, Orhan Öztürk, Mediha Nur Zafer Yurt, Orhan Yavuz, Behiye Busra Tasbasi, Samet Ucak, Zehra Seda Mavili, Aysen Coban, Ali Aydin. Biofilm formation is one of the defense mechanisms of bacteria against disinfectants and antimicrobials. The aim of this study was to determine biofilm-forming L.monocytogenes from fish processing and salmon surfaces.

Author(s): Deepika, Anand Kumar Chaudhari, Akanksha Singh, Somenath Das, Nawal Kishore Dubey. The present study explores the practical efficacy of chitosan (CS) nanoemulsion loaded with Petroselinum crispum essential oil (CS-PEO).

Author(s): Ratnika Sharma, Promila Gupta. The objective of this study was to evaluate and identify the components of microgreens harvested from Pennisetum typhoides (Pearl millet) for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities besides finding the possible mechanism of inhibition of 

Author(s): Yasaman Rasouli, Mehran Moradi, Hossein Tajik, Rahim Molaei (Source: Food Bioscience) More recently, probiotics-derived bioactive metabolites (so-called postbiotics; P) have gained more attention for antimicrobial food packaging. In this study, anti-Listeria active packaging films containing bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) and postbiotics of Lactobacillus sakei were fabricated, and their antibacterial performance was examined in in vitro condition and patty of buffalo meat.

Author(s): Deepika, Anand Kumar Chaudhari, Akanksha Singh, Somenath Das, Nawal Kishore Dubey (Source: Food Bioscience) The present study explores the practical efficacy of chitosan (CS) nanoemulsion loaded with Petroselinum crispum essential oil (CS-PEO).

Author(s): Mert Sudagidan, Veli Cengiz Ozalp, Orhan Öztürk, Mediha Nur Zafer Yurt, Orhan Yavuz, Behiye Busra Tasbasi, Samet Ucak, Zehra Seda Mavili, Aysen Coban, Ali Aydin (Source: Food Bioscience) Biofilm formation is one of the defense mechanisms of bacteria against disinfectants and antimicrobials. The aim of this study was to determine biofilm-forming L.monocytogenes from fish processing and salmon surfaces.

Author(s): Khursheed Ahmad Shiekh, Peng Zhou, Soottawat Benjakul (Source: Food Bioscience) Pulsed electric field (PEF) pre-treated Litopenaeus vannamei were immersed in Chamuang leaf extract (CLE) solutions (1 or 2%), followed by high voltage cold atmospheric plasma (HVCAP) in an argon/air (80:20) modified atmosphere for 10 min.

Author(s): Jiai Yan, Ruijin Yang, Shuhuai Yu, Wei Zhao (Source: Food Bioscience) Staphylococcus aureus is a notorious foodborne pathogen capable of producing various toxins including heat-stable enterotoxin, forming biofilm, evolving to multidrug-resistant strains including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) against antibiotics, and threatening public health, of which the biocontrol garners increasing interest from both researchers and food industry.

Author(s): Longfeng Wang, Xiaoxue Kong, Yun Jiang (Source: Food Bioscience) High pressure processing (HPP) has been demonstrated as an effective technique in reducing E. coli O157:H7 levels on beef. However, an “injure and recover” action of E. coli O157:H7 was found to raise their beef contamination after HPP disinfection. Furthermore, the recovered cell could be miscalculated owing to the complex bacterial community of meat.

Author(s): Silvia Cassimiro Brasão, Roberta Torres de Melo, Renata Rezende Prado, Guilherme Paz Monteiro, Fernanda Aparecida Longato dos Santos, Raquelline Figueiredo Braz, Daise Aparecida Rossi (Source: Food Bioscience) Biofilms characterize sessile form that allows bacterial maintenance under hostile conditions. Salmonella represents an important foodborne zoonotic agent, capable of forming biofilms on diverse surfaces.

Author(s): Yang Jiang, Ruike Qin, Caihua Jia, Jianhua Rong, Yang Hu, Ru Liu (Source: Food Bioscience) The safety of breaded and deep-fried foods has received more attention recently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hydrocolloids on the contents of Nε-carboxymethyllysine (CML) and acrylamide (AA) in breaded fish nuggets, and the relationship between the AA, CML and physicochemical properties. The CML and AA were found mainly in the fish crust.

Author(s): Sotirios - Spyridon Vamvakas, Mersini Chroni, Fotios Genneos, Stavroula Gizeli (Source: Food Bioscience) The effect of methanolic and aqueous extracts of bilberry leaves on the growth of Aspergillus flavus and on its ability to synthesize aflatoxins was studied. Both extracts could inhibit aflatoxins’ biosynthesis by A. flavus grown in either a rich or minimal media.

Author(s): Aniket Satish More, Chaminda Senaka Ranadheera, Zhongxiang Fang, Robyn Warner, Said Ajlouni

Author(s): Tania Majumdar , Runu Chakraborty , Utpal Raychaudhuri In this article, an amperometric immunosensor based on antibody immobilization onto the platinum (Pt) electrode surface by cross-linkage via glutaraldehyde (GA) pre-coated with polyethyleneimine (PEI) layer for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in food samples has been developed.

Author(s): T.O. Ajiboye , H.O. Raji , H.F. Muritala , O.B. Ojewuyi , M.T. Yakubu The capability of anthocyanins extract of Lannea microcarpa fruits to scavenge reactive oxygen species and stall aflatoxin B1-mediated oxidative rout on cellular proteins, lipids and DNA was investigated.

Author(s): Alexandros Kanapitsas, Anthimia Batrinou, Athanasios Aravantinos, Constantinos Sflomos, Panagiota Markaki Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin of great interest to humans for its nephrotoxic effects.The development and validation of an OTA method determination in raisins is described by using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Fluorescence Detector (FD).

Author(s): Alexandros Kanapitsas, Anthimia Batrinou, Athanasios Aravantinos, Constantinos Sflomos, Panagiota Markaki Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin of great interest to humans for its nephrotoxic effects. The development and validation of an OTA method determination in raisins is described by using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Fluorescence Detector (FD).

Author(s): Ming Du, Yang Liu, Genyi Zhang Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) are mycotoxins commonly coexisted in cereal-based ingredients or foods, and their co-apoptotic activity in HepG2 cells was studied to further the understanding of their combinative toxicity. The values of IC50, based on sulforhodamine B (SRB) colorimetric assay, were 9.5μM and 481.7μM for AFB1 and FB1, respectively, showing AFB1 is more toxic to HepG2 cells than FB1.

Author(s): Gunaranjan Paturi, Christine A. Butts, Duncan Hedderley, Halina Stoklosinski, Sheridan Martell, Hannah Dinnan, Elizabeth A. Carpenter

Author(s): Grace A. Odongo, Nina Schlotz, Susanne Baldermann, Susanne Neugart, Benard Ngwene, Monika Schreiner, Evelyn Lamy

Author(s): Seoung Hyuk Kim, Wang June Kim, Seok-Seong Kang