Plant phenolics and phenolic-enriched extracts as antimicrobial agents against food-contaminating microorganisms

M Takó, EB Kerekes, C Zambrano, A Kotogán, T Papp… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phenolic compounds and extracts with bioactive properties can be obtained from many
kinds of plant materials. These natural substances have gained attention in the food …

Antimicrobial activity of anthocyanins and catechins against foodborne pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella

Y Ma, S Ding, Y Fei, G Liu, H Jang, J Fang - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
The main foodborne pathogens are Norovirus, Enteric parasites, bacteria and fungi.
Foodborne diseases can lead to high morbidity and mortality and result in huge economic …

Nanoencapsulation of essential oils as natural food antimicrobial agents: An overview

W Liao, W Badri, E Dumas, S Ghnimi, A Elaissari… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global demand for safe and healthy food with minimal synthetic preservatives is
continuously increasing. Natural food antimicrobials and especially essential oils (EOs) …

Plant-derivatives small molecules with antibacterial activity

S Alibi, D Crespo, J Navas - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The vegetal world constitutes the main factory of chemical products, in particular secondary
metabolites like phenols, phenolic acids, terpenoids, and alkaloids. Many of these …

Procyanidins: From agro-industrial waste to food as bioactive molecules

LJ Valencia-Hernandez, JE Wong-Paz… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Procyanidins are an important group of bioactive molecules known for their benefits to
human health. These compounds are promising in the treatment of chronic metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Effective utilization of food wastes: Bioactivity of grape seed extraction and its application in food industry

Y Chen, J Wen, Z Deng, X Pan, X Xie… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grape seeds are rich in nutrients possessing high nutritional and medicinal value. Grape
seed extract (GSE) mainly contains 15 phenolic compounds, such as (+)-catechin,(−) …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of peanut skin extract-azo-compounds

SK Kyei, O Akaranta, G Darko - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Peanut skin extract, an agro-waste and a source of flavonoids has been extracted from
peanut skin and employed as a precursor for the synthesis of novel azo compounds and …

A comprehensive review of the value-added uses of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) skins and by-products

OT Toomer - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, peanut seeds are grown for oil production, peanut butter, confections, snacks and
protein extenders, leaving the peanut by-products (skins, peanut hulls) as waste for …

Extracts of peanut skins as a source of bioactive compounds: methodology and applications

LL Dean - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Optimized extraction of polyphenols from peanut skins. Abstract
Peanut skins are a waste product of the peanut processing industry with little commercial …

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties of procyanidins: potential for clinical and biotechnological applications

MMG Mattos, SA Filho, GR Martins… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Procyanidins (PCs) have emerged as agents with potential antimicrobial and antibiofilm
activities, although their mechanisms of action and structure–activity relationships remain …