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- Title
Polyphenols, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Biofilm Inhibitory Activities of Peel and Pulp of Citrus medica L., Citrus bergamia, and Citrus medica cv. Salò Cultivated in Southern Italy.
- Authors
Fratianni, Florinda; Cozzolino, Autilia; De Feo, Vincenzo; Coppola, Raffaele; Ombra, Maria Neve; Nazzaro, Filomena; Di Donato, Paola; Silvestri, Brigida
- Abstract
The aim of this paper was to study the polyphenols of peel and pulp of three Citrus taxa—Citrus medica, Citrus bergamia, and Citrus medica cv. Salò—cultivated in the Cosenza province, Southern Italy, and to evaluate their antioxidant and antibacterial activity, performed against Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pectobacterium carotovorum. Furthermore, we assessed the inhibitory effect of the extracts on bacterial capacity to form biofilm, and on the metabolic activity of the cells present therein. The results indicated that such extracts could find new potential applications in the field of natural antioxidant and anti-bacterial agents in pharmaceutics, agriculture, and food fields.
- Subjects
ITALY; CITRUS; PATHOGENIC bacteria; POLYPHENOLS; LISTERIA monocytogenes; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa
- Publication
Molecules, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 24, p4577
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules24244577