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- Title
Linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, and monolinolenins as antibacterial substances in the heat-processed soybean fermented with Rhizopus oligosporus.
- Authors
Kusumah, Dewi; Wakui, Misaki; Murakami, Mai; Xie, Xiaonan; Yukihito, Kabuyama; Maeda, Isamu
- Abstract
Antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis were found in an ethanol fraction of tempe, an Indonesian fermented soybean produced using Rhizopus oligosporus. The ethanol fraction contained free fatty acids, monoglycerides, and fatty acid ethyl esters. Among these substances, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid exhibited antibacterial activities against S. aureus and B. subtilis, whereas 1-monolinolenin and 2-monolinolenin exhibited antibacterial activity against B. subtilis. The other free fatty acids, 1-monoolein, monolinoleins, ethyl linoleate, and ethyl linolenate did not exhibit bactericidal activities. These results revealed that R. oligosporus produced the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and monolinolenins as antibacterial substances against the Gram-positive bacteria during the fungal growth and fermentation of heat-processed soybean. Tempe contains linoleic and α-linolenic acids, which are bactericidal against S. aureus and B. subtilis, and monolinolenins, which are bactericidal against B. subtilis.
- Subjects
LINOLEIC acid; ETHYL esters; FREE fatty acids; UNSATURATED fatty acids; SOYBEAN; FATTY acid esters
- Publication
Bioscience, Biotechnology & Biochemistry, 2020, Vol 84, Issue 6, p1285
- ISSN
0916-8451
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/09168451.2020.1731299