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Inactivation Effect of Curcumin-Mediated Photodynamic Non-Thermal Sterilization on Bacteria in Oysters

CAO Binbin1, WU Juan1, XU Chuanshan2, LEUNG Albert Wing nang2, LI Zhaojie1, WANG Yuming1, XUE Yong1,XUE Changhu1, TANG Qingjuan1,*   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China;
    2. School of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
  • Online:2016-03-15 Published:2016-03-17

Abstract:

This study aims to explore whether photodynamic therapy (PDT) can inactivate bacteria in oysters. The results
showed that photodynamic inactivation technology using curcumin as the photosensitizer had very good inactivation effect
on bacteria in oysters. This technology has the characteristics of high sterilization efficiency (exceeding 90%), broad antibacterial
spectrum, and easy operation. This study suggests that photodynamic non-thermal sterilization technology has the
potential to be applied in the oyster processing industry in the future.

Key words: photodynamic method, non-thermal sterilization, oyster, curcumin, total plate count

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