Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15034
Title: Role of Litsea cubeba Essential Oil in Agricultural Products Safety: Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Applications
Authors: Borotova P.
Galovičová L.
Vukovic, Nenad
Vukić, Milena
Kunová, Simona
Hanus, Paweł
Kowalczewski, Przemysław
Bakay, Ladislav
Kačániová, Miroslava
Issue Date: 2022
Abstract: The essential oil from Litsea cubeba (LCEO) has good antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti‐insect properties, which gives it the potential for use as a natural additive to food resources and food products in order to prevent spoilage and extend shelf life. In this study the biological activity related to food preservation was observed. The main volatile organic compounds were geranial (39.4%), neral (29.5%), and limonene (14.3%). Antioxidant activity was 30.9%, which was equal to 167.94 μg of Trolox per mL of sample. Antimicrobial activity showed the strongest inhibition against Serratia marcescens by disk diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentrations MIC 50 and MIC 90 were the lowest for Micrococcus luteus with values 1.46 and 3.52 μL/mL, respectively. Anti-microbial activity of the LCEO vapor phase showed strong inhibition of microorganisms on apples, pears, potatoes, and kohlrabies. Over 50% of gram‐positive and gram‐negative bacteria and yeasts were inhibited by a concentration of 500 μL/mL. The inhibition of microorganisms was concentration dependent. Anti‐insect activity was also strong, with 100% lethality of Pyrrhocoris apterus at a concentration of 25%. These results suggest that LCEO could be potentially used as a food preserv-ative.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15034
Type: article
DOI: 10.3390/plants11111504
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85131259129
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Science, Kragujevac

Page views(s)

93

Downloads(s)

3

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
PaperMissing.pdf
  Restricted Access
29.85 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open


Items in SCIDAR are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.