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Antimicrobial properties of extracts from Carissa carandas L. Fruits and its application in chilled and frozen ground pork
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Date Issued
January 1, 2019
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Article
Abstract
In vitro antimicrobial activities of Carissa carandas L. fruit extracts dissolved in water and their effect on biological qualities in ground pork during storage period for 8 days at 4 o C and at -20 o C for 12 weeks were investigated. The antimicrobial avctivity was carried out using agar well diffusion method against food pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. For antimicrobial testing, water extracts of C. carandas inhibited both pathogenic and spoilage bacteria including Salmonella Typhimurium TISTR 292, Staphylococcus aureus TISTR 118, Escherichia coli TISTR 780, Aeromonas hydrophila TISTR 1321, Pseudomonas fluorescens TISTR 358 and Bacillus coagulans TISTR 1447, at the concentration of 50 mg/ml. The water extract of C. carandas fruit was applied in ground pork. The ground pork samples were subjected to four treatments including control (non-treated), 0.2 g BHT/kg meat, 2.5 g and 5 g extracts /kg meat. Total microbial count, yeast/mold, psychrophilic bacteria and coliforms were determined in ground pork during storage time for 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days at 4 o C and frozen ground pork storage at -20 o C for 0, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. The results showed that pH was not different in each treatments. Total plate count and coliforms bacteria was decreased after adding 5 g extracts /kg meat at 6-8 days in chilled ground pork and up to 8 and 12 weeks in frozen ground pork. This finding indicated that C. carandas fruit extracts could be used for natural antimicrobial in ground pork for prolong shelf-life.
Citation
International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 15(1), 91-102, 2019