Fungal growth and consequent mycotoxin release in food and feed threatens human health, which might even, in acute cases, lead to death. Control and prevention of foodborne poisoning is a major task of public health that will be faced in the 21st century. Nowadays, consumers increasingly demand healthier and more natural food with minimal use of chemical preservatives, whose negative effects on human health are well known. Biopreservation is among the safest and most reliable methods for inhibiting fungi in food. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are of great interest as biological additives in food owing to their Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) classification and probiotic properties. LAB produce bioactive compounds such as reuterin, cyclic peptides, fatty acids, etc., with antifungal properties. This review highlights the great potential of LAB as biopreservatives by summarizing various reported antifungal activities/metabolites of LAB against fungal growth into foods. In the end, it provides profound insight into the possibilities and different factors to be considered in the application of LAB in different foods as well as enhancing their efficiency in biodetoxification and biopreservative activities.
Today, a few hundred mycotoxins have been identified and the number is rising. Mycotoxin detoxification of food and feed has been a technically uphill task for the industry. In the twenty-first century, the public demand is healthy food with minimum use of chemicals and preservatives. Among all the fungal inhibition and mycotoxin detoxification methods so far developed for food, biopreservation and biodetoxification have been found safe and reliable. Nowadays, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are of great interest as biological additives in food owing to their Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) classification and mycotoxin detoxification capability. The occurrence of fungul growth in the food chain can lead to health problems such as mycotoxicosis and cancer to humans due to producing mycotoxins such as aflatoxins. Biopreservation is among the safest and most reliable methods for inhibition of fungi in food. This review highlights the great potential of LAB as biodetoxificant by summarizing various reported detoxification activities of LAB against fungal mycotoxins released into foods. Mechanisms of mycotoxin detoxification, also the inherent and environmental factors affecting detoxifying properties of LAB are also covered.
Background: Today, despite improved food safety, nearly a quarter of the population is at risk for foodborne diseases. Therefore, the use of lactic acid bacteria and their metabolites due to their potential health benefits, safety and production of natural antimicrobial compounds is an appropriate solution to reduce microbial spoilage of food. Materials & Methods: In this research, lactic isolates were identified by PCR method and Micro-dilution method was used to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the Cell-Free spent Medium (CFSM). Results: The sequencing of PCR products showed that the species identified were Lactobacillus and Enterococcus species. Evaluation of the antibacterial properties of the CFSM on the growth of Gram-positive bacteria showed that all isolates were able to prevent the growth of these pathogens, and their inhibitory percentages varied from 86.81 to 38.81 percent. The results of inhibitory effects of lactic isolates on the growth of two gram-negative bacteria of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica also showed that the inhibitory levels of the isolates were varied from 2.43 to 36.43 percent and 14.1 to 31.97 percent, respectively. A comparison of the inhibitory effect of lactic isolates on pathogenic bacteria showed that the inhibitory effect of all lactic isolates on gram-positive bacteria was significantly (P <0.05) more than their effect on gramnegative bacteria. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that native dairy lactic acid isolates and their metabolites could be used as biological preservatives or in combination with synthetic preservatives in the food and drug industry.
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