Effect of Thymol and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLCs) Incorporated with Thymol as Antimicrobial Agents in Sausage

Somayeh Sepahvand, Sedigheh Amiri, Mohsen Radi and Mohammad Javad Amiri
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Somayeh Sepahvand: Department of Food Science and Technology, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj 75914-93686, Iran
Sedigheh Amiri: Department of Food Science and Technology, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj 75914-93686, Iran
Mohsen Radi: Department of Food Science and Technology, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj 75914-93686, Iran
Mohammad Javad Amiri: Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Fasa University, Fasa 74616-86131, Iran

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of thymol and thymol-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) on inoculated sausages at 4 °C over a period of 28 days. To this end, sausage samples containing 600 mg/kg thymol, 600 mg/kg thymol-loaded NLC, 600 mg/kg thymol + 60 mg/kg nitrite, and 600 mg/kg thymol-loaded NLC + 60 mg/kg nitrite were prepared, and each treatment was divided into three portions to be inoculated with S. aureus , E. coli , and C. perfringens (10 5.5 CFU/g). The mean diameter and zeta potential of thymol-NLCs were 140 nm and −0.52 mV, respectively. Thymol-NLCs showed (two-fold) higher values for MIC and MBC than that of thymol, but similar halo diameters were detected for both against all bacteria examined in the agar well diffusion test. The control and nitrite-containing sausages showed an increasing trend in bacterial growth and the bacterial population was the largest in these samples. The bacterial growth within samples treated with thymol or thymol-NLCs was around 3.90–4.67 log CFU/g lower in comparison with the control. In this regard, no significant differences were detected between the thymol and thymol-NLC samples against each bacterium. A first-order reaction was detected for bacterial growth in all sausages. Overall, the higher antimicrobial property of thymol and its NLC compared with nitrite makes thymol a good alternative to nitrite with regards to its antimicrobial capability.

Keywords: thymol; antimicrobial activity; nitrite substitute; nanoencapsulation; meat products (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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