FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (10): 87-89.

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Study on Antimicrobial Effects of Mulberry Red Pigment

 DUAN  Jiang-Lian, XU  Jian-Guo   

  1. Departerment of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China
  • Online:2007-10-15 Published:2011-11-22

Abstract: The inhibitory effects of mulberry red pigment on bacterials, fungi and yeast found in foods were studied. The results indicate that mulberry red pigment has strong inhibitory effects on E.coli and weak effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, but has no effect on frngi and yeast.

Key words: mulberry red pigment, microbe, antimicrobial activity