Sar Taner, Kiraz Pelin, Braho Vjola, Harirchi Sharareh, Akbas Meltem Yesilcimen
Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden.
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Gebze-Kocaeli 41400, Türkiye.
Microorganisms. 2023 Sep 5;11(9):2234. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11092234.
Various fruit and vegetable wastes, particularly peels, seeds, pulp, and unprocessed residues from the food industry, are abundant sources of antioxidants and essential antimicrobial agents. These valuable bioactive compounds recovered from the food industry have a great application in food, agriculture, medicine, and pharmacology. Food-derived natural antimicrobials offer advantages such as diminishing microbial loads and prolonging the shelf life of food products particularly prone to microbial spoilage. They not only enrich the foods with antioxidants but also help prevent microbial contamination, thereby prolonging their shelf life. Similarly, incorporating these natural antimicrobials into food packaging products extends the shelf life of meat products. Moreover, in agricultural practices, these natural antimicrobials act as eco-friendly pesticides, eliminating phytopathogenic microbes responsible for causing plant diseases. In medicine and pharmacology, they are being explored as potential therapeutic agents. This review article is based on current studies conducted in the last four years, evaluating the effectiveness of food-based natural antimicrobials in food, agriculture, medicine, and pharmacology.
各种水果和蔬菜废料，特别是果皮、种子、果肉以及食品工业的未加工残渣，都是抗氧化剂和必需抗菌剂的丰富来源。从食品工业中回收的这些有价值的生物活性化合物在食品、农业、医学和药理学领域有广泛应用。源自食品的天然抗菌剂具有诸多优势，比如减少微生物数量以及延长特别容易受到微生物污染的食品的保质期。它们不仅为食品增添抗氧化剂，还有助于防止微生物污染，从而延长食品保质期。同样，将这些天然抗菌剂添加到食品包装产品中可延长肉类产品的保质期。此外，在农业实践中，这些天然抗菌剂可作为环保型农药，消除导致植物病害的植物病原微生物。在医学和药理学领域，它们正被探索作为潜在的治疗剂。这篇综述文章基于过去四年进行的现有研究，评估了基于食品的天然抗菌剂在食品、农业、医学和药理学方面的有效性。
