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- Title
Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Fungal Spores and Plant Bioactive Compounds.
- Authors
Pinto, Carlos A.; Holovicova, Maria; Habanova, Marta; Lima, Vasco; Duarte, Ricardo V.; Barba, Francisco J.; Saraiva, Jorge A.
- Abstract
Definition: Fungi, and their spores, are responsible for the spoilage of several foods and plants and are susceptible to contamination with mycotoxins, which have associated health hazards. In this context, proper methodologies for inactivating such fungi and controlling mycotoxin production are critical. High-pressure processing (HPP) has recently become popular as a nonthermal alternative to conventional thermal pasteurization processes. Even though HPP can effectively eliminate some fungal spores, some species, such as those from the genera Byssochlamys, Talaromyces, and Aspergillus, are quite resistant to this treatment. Additionally, high pressure can also be used as a cold extraction technique for bioactive compounds from medicinal plants and other matrices (termed high pressure-assisted extraction, HPE). With this method, safe use for food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical applications is guaranteed. This method simultaneously works (depending on the applied pressure level) as an extraction technique and induces the pasteurization effect on the extracts. This encyclopedia entry aims to highlight the effects of nonthermal HPP on fungal spores, the prevalence of mycotoxins in plant materials and how high pressure can be used as an extraction technique to produce high-value cold pasteurized extracts with biological activity.
- Subjects
FUNGAL spores; PLANT spores; HYDROSTATIC pressure; BIOACTIVE compounds; EXTRACTION techniques
- Publication
Encyclopedia, 2022, Vol 2, Issue 3, p1453
- ISSN
2673-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/encyclopedia2030098