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Application of bio-preservation to enhance food safety: A review

  • Nethma Samadhi Ranathunga;Kaushalya Nadeeshani Wijayasekara;Edirisinghe Dewage Nalaka Sandun Abeyrathne
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.179-189
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    • 2023
  • Consumers and industry experts frequently have negative perceptions of most chemical preservatives. Although most people concede that they cannot resolve global food waste issues without preservatives, they prefer products without chemical preservatives. Numerous emerging technologies is now surpassing conventional methods for mitigating microbial food deterioration in response to consumer demand and fundamental health and safety considerations, including biological antimicrobial systems such as using food-grade microorganisms and their metabolites primarily originating from microorganisms, plants, and animals. Microbial compounds, including bacteriocins, bacteriophages, and anti-fungal agents, plant extracts such as flavonoids and essential oils; and animal-originated compounds, such as lysozyme, chitosan, and lactoferrin, are considered some of the major bio-preservatives. These natural compounds can be used alone or with other preservatives to improve food safety. Hence, the use of microbes or their metabolic byproducts to extend the shelf life of foods while maintaining safety standards is known as bio-preservation. To manufacture and consume foods in a safe condition, this review primarily aims to broaden knowledge amongst industry professionals and consumers regarding bio-preservation techniques, bio-preservatives, their classifications, and distinctive mechanisms to enhance food safety.

Review of Literature on Food Preservation of the Early Joseon Dynasty (조선전기 고문헌에 수록된 식품저장법에 대한 문헌고찰)

  • Kim, MyeongJun;Cha, GyungHee;Chung, HyeJung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.28-54
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to investigate the food preservation methods adopted by the Joseon Dynasty, which existed before the 17th century. A total of 232 food preservation methods were discovered in 25 books, and could be classified by their targeted food types: vegetables (84), sea foods (60), meats (41), fruits (37), and others (10). Depending on the preservation method applied, they are classified as food drying, soaking, mud cellar preservation, and other preservation. Food drying is further classified into 8 sub-types: drying, sun-drying, shadow-drying, wind-drying, dry heat, combined drying, smoking, and others. Soaking could be sub-divided into using salt, ash, dry sand, bran, fermented paste, wet distillers grains, oil, and others. Mud cellar preservation is sub-classified into installing shelf inside the mud cellar, making the mud cellar for food preservation, and making hole or underground tunnel for food preservation. Other food preservation methods include minimizing moisture loss by applying beeswax on a section of the vegetable stem, and cutting the vegetables or fruits with their branches and leaves for food preservation.

Ameliorative Effect of Chitosan Complex on Miniature Pig Sperm Cryopreservation

  • Hong, Hye-Min;Sim, Ga-Young;Park, So-Mi;Lee, Eun-Joo;Kim, Dae-Young
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.337-342
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    • 2018
  • Cryopreservation is mainly used for preservation of boar sperm. However, this method stresses the sperm by reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the conception rate and the litter size are not more efficient than the liquid preservation of spermatozoa. Therefore, we use chitosan which is a natural product derived antioxidant compound. We used GnHA (chitosan+hyaluronic acid) and GnHG (chitosan hydrogel) as chitosan complexes to cryopreserve boar sperm for improve sperm metabolism and function. Sperm parameter (sperm motility, progressive motility, path velocity, straight-line velocity, curvilinear velocity) is measured by computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) using frozen sperm with GnHA or GnHG (0, 0.25, 0.5, 1 mg/mL), respectively. Also, lipid peroxidation analysis using malondialdehyde (MDA) is performed to confirm the antioxidative effect of chitosan in frozen spermatozoa. CASA analysis showed GnHA and GnHG are effective against cryopreserved boar sperm. And antioxidant effect is measured by lipid peroxidation analysis. GnHA and GnHG, which is chitosan complex are effective for boar sperm cryopreservation by antioxidant effect.

Quick VOC Load Equalizer & Quick BioFilter (신개념의 VOC/악취 처리시스템 QVE and QBF)

  • Park, Yong-Seok;Hwang, Yeol-Sun
    • Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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    • v.26 no.7_8
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    • pp.51-54
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    • 2004
  • 산업화가 진행되면서 우리나라에서도 90년대 초반부터 악취문제가 점차 사회적인 관심거리로 등장하게 되었다. 1995년 대기환경보전법상에 휘발성유기화합물질 규제 규정을 신설하였으며 1996년에 여천지역을 환경오염으로 인한 특별대책지역으로 지정하였다.<중략>

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Effects of Green Tea Extract on Sperm Quality, Reactive Oxygen Species and Lipid Peroxidation in Long-term Liquid Preservation of Boar Spermatozoa

  • Park, Sang-Hyoun;Yu, Il-Jeoung
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.356-361
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    • 2016
  • During storage, boar spermatozoa undergo several changes including diminished motility and viability and accumulated reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we investigated the effects of green tea extract (GTE) supplementation in the Sui Dil extender on the sperm motility, viability, ROS and lipid peroxidation (LPO) of long-term preserved boar semen at $17^{\circ}C$. A total number of eight boars were used for this experiment. Pooled ejaculates were diluted to $20{\times}10^6sperm/ml$ in the Sui Dil extender containing 0 (control), 1, 10, 100 or 500 mg/l GTE and were preserved at $17^{\circ}C$ for 24, 72, 120 and 168 h, respectively. At each storage time, sperm motility and viability were estimated by microscopic examination and the fluorescent double stain $Fertilight^{(R)}$, respectively. Sperm ROS level and LPO were assessed using the 2', 7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate ($H_2DCFDA$)/propidium iodide (PI) and C11-BODIPY581/591/PI with flow cytometry, respectively. Compared to that of the 500 mg group, there were higher sperm motility and viability in the 1, 10 and 100 mg GTE groups during the preservation from 24 to 168 h (p < 0.05). The ROS levels of the 10 and 100 mg groups during the 168 h preservation were lower than those of the 0, 1 and 500 mg groups (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in LPO regardless of the preservation period or the GTE concentration. In conclusion, the optimal concentrations (10 and 100 mg/l) of GTE that led to lower ROS levels may be useful for liquid boar sperm preservation at $17^{\circ}C$ for a period of 168 h.

Anti-Immunomodulating Activities in Mycelial Filtrates and Culture Broth of Cordyceps ochraceostromat (동충하초의 균사 및 배양액에 의한 면역 활성 비교)

  • Heo, Jin-Chul;Nam, Sung-Hee;Lee, Kwang-Gil;Yeo, Joo-Hong;Yoon, Chul-Sik;Park, Chul-Hong;Nam, So-Hyun;Son, Min-Sik;Chung, Shin-Kyo;Lee, Sang-Han
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.253-258
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    • 2009
  • This study investigated the effects of mycelium and culture supernatant of Cordyceps ochraceostromat(Co) on air way hyper-responsiveness, pulmonary immune cell infiltration, and Th2 cytokine expression in animal models of atopy and asthma. After ConA(+/-) activation of mouse primary spleen cells, decreased IL-4 and IL-13 cytokine production were seen in the presence of Co mycelium extracts and culture supernatant. The asthma model involved mice sensitized to ovalbumin by i.p. injection treatment; Co mycelium extract was also injected. The atopy model was the dinitrofenylbenzene-treated mouse ear. Ear thicken ing induced by DNFB was decreased by Co mycelium extract, and the extract also inhibited lung cell infiltration in ovalbumin-induced asthmatic mice. The results thus indicated that the Co mycelial extract reduced the undesirable immune responses seen in asthma and atopy.

A circular economical application of eggshell waste as a bio-filler in the fabrication of gum Arabic composite film

  • Blessing A. Oredokun-Lache;Esther B. Ibrahim;Adekemi G. Oluwafemi;Georgina O. Erifeta;Sunday J. Josiah;Olarewaju M. Oluba
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.394-407
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    • 2024
  • The poultry industry faces disposal difficulty in waste, but recent advancements in material science and sustainability have enabled the innovative transformation of waste into valuable resources. In this study, eggshell (EC) was added as a bio-filler to gum Arabic (GA) to fabricate a GA-EC bio-composite film. Bio-composites containing 0.5 g (GA-EC0.5) and 1.0 g (GA-EC1.0) EC dispersed in 30 mL of 15% GA solution were fabricated and characterized using standard analytical techniques. The GA-EC0.5 composites showed significantly higher moisture content, transparency, water solubility, and water vapor permeability but lower tensile strength and thermal stability than GA-EC1.0. Following a post-harvest wrapping of tomato fruits with the GA-EC composite films and storage at 25±2℃ for 20 days, significant (p>0.05) reductions in weight loss, pH, lycopene content, and activities of polyphenol oxidase and pectin methylesterase compared to unwrapped fruits were recorded. Adding EC to GA has enabled the fabrication of composite films with improved mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties with potential application in the post-harvest storage of tomato fruits.