Manufacture and antibacterial characteristics of leaves vinegar.

Journal: Food science and biotechnology
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Abstract

In this work, the fermentation conditions and the antibacterial characteristics of leaves vinegar (EV) were studied. By single factor orthogonal test, it was found that under optimal fermentation conditions (bran addition 10%, sugar addition 8%, leaven addition 0.3% and acetic acid bacteria solution 12%), the acetic acid content and CA content of EV were 45.5 ± 2.8 mg/mL and 0.98 ± 0.08 mg/mL, respectively. Then, by the disc diffusion method, it was concluded that the antibacterial effect of EV was significantly higher than that of leaves enzymatic hydrolysate and Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar (<0.05). An investigation into action mode of EV against indicated that, under the combined action of CA and acetic acid, EV exerted its antibacterial effect by damaging bacterial cell wall and cell membrane, increasing the cell permeability which resulted in the structural lesions and release of cell components, thus led to cell death.

Authors

  • Chun-Feng Jia
    1College of Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Baoding University, Baoding, 071000 China.
  • Wang-Ning Yu
    2College of Medicine, Hebei University of Engineering, Affiliated Hospital, Handan, 056002 China.
  • Bo-Lin Zhang
    3College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083 China.

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