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    Controlled release and antibacterial activity of nanofibers loaded with basil essential oil-encapsulated cationic liposomes against Listeria monocytogenes

    Year: 2022

    Journal: Food Biosci., Volume 46, APR

    Authors: Li, Changzhu; Bai, Mei; Chen, Xiaochen; Hu, Wei; Cui, Haiying; Lin, Lin

    Organizations: State Key Labo-ratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource [2019XK 2002]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972172]; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20201417]; Jiangsu Province Research Fund [JNHB-131]; Jiangsu University Research Fund [11JDG050]

    Keywords: Basil essential oil; Cationic liposome; Antibacterial nanofibers; Stimuli-responsive system; Chilled pork preservation

    In recent years, the development of functional packaging from natural active compounds has been a promising strategy for microbial control in foods. In this study, the basil essential oil (BEO) was applied as the principal antibacterial agent, and a controlled-release nanofibrous system was engineered with responsiveness to bacterial phospholipase. It indicated that encapsulation by cationic liposome significantly improved the dispersity and stability of BEO during the electrospinning process, and the prepared BEO-loaded cationic liposomes (BCLs) could maintain structural integrity in polymer nanofibers. The resulting BCLs-loaded nanofibers showed an effective antibacterial activity against L. monocytogenes. Additionally, it is worth noting that incorporation of soybean lecithin in nanofiber substrate could accelerate the release of loaded antibacterial agents when exposed to L. monocytogenes, thus obtaining an enhanced antibacterial activity. This could be attributed to the increased sensitivity of nanofibers to the degradation by bacterial phospholipases after incorporation with soybean lecithin. Finally, the application test showed that the prepared antibacterial nanofibrous mats could help maintain the quality of chilled pork during 4-days storage, which indicated their promising potential as active packaging. Given the serious threat of L. monocytogenes to food safety, the present antibacterial nanofibers have wide application prospect for improving microbial safety of chilled meat.
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