FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (15): 88-93.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201115021

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Antibacterial Mechanisms of Fructus mume Extract against Listeria innocua

GENG Fei,WANG Wei,ZHOU Tao*   

  1. (Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China)
  • Online:2011-08-15 Published:2011-07-26

Abstract: The antibacterial mechanisms of ethanol extract from Fructus mume (prepared by reflux extraction with 95% ethanol and subsequent rotary evaporation until a concentration of 1 g/mL, namely raw material weight/condensed extract volume ratio = 1:1) against Listeria innocua were assayed by flow cytometry. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the extract against L. innocua was 0.625 mg/mL. In the presence of the extract at different concentrations such as 1, 2 and 4 MICs, the changes of forward scatter (FSC) light, DNA content, membrane potential, cell cycle, Ca2+ and Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining of L. innocua were analyzed by flow cytometry. The results showed that the extract could inhibit L. innocua by destroying cell membrane system and blocking DNA synthesis.

Key words: flow cytometry, Fructus mume, L. innocua, antibacterial mechanism

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