Inhibitory Effect Of Pigment Extract From Scenedesmus Sp. On Food Spiked With Foodborne Staphylococcus Aureus

Aisha Ishaq Gogoba, Hazel Monica Matias-Peralta, Hatijah Basri and Muhammad Muhammad Nmaya
Additional contact information
Aisha Ishaq Gogoba: Department of Technology and Heritage, Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Hazel Monica Matias-Peralta: Department of Technology and Heritage, Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Hatijah Basri: Department of Technology and Heritage, Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Muhammad Muhammad Nmaya: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat,Johor, Malaysia

Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), 2017, vol. 1, issue 1, 23-25

Abstract: Foodborne diseases are a recognized problem worldwide and the search is on to discover novel antimicrobial agents from natural sources that can replace the use of synthetic antimicrobial compounds. One of such sources are microalgae. The antibacterial efficacy of pigment extract from Scenedesmus sp. was tested against foodborne Staphylococcusaureus. The extract was prepared using 90% acetone and varying amounts was added to food suspension spiked with a known volume of the bacteria. Antibacterial activity was observed and evaluated through bacterial colony counts. Uncountable bacterial colonies were observed in the sample with 0.41 mg/ml and 0.81 mg/ml concentration of pigment extract as they were TMTC and there was no growth of bacterial colonies in samples with 2.83 mg/ml – 4.05 mg/ml concentration of pigment extract.The results of this study suggest that Scenedesmus sp. is a potential source of antibacterial compounds for food applications as an additive.

Keywords: Food; pigment extract; Scenedesmus sp.; Staphylococcus aureus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://jcleanwas.com/download/827/ (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zib:jclnws:v:1:y:2017:i:1:p:23-25

DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.01.2017.23.25

Access Statistics for this article

Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS) is currently edited by Professor Dr. Kamaruzaman Yunus

More articles in Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS) from Zibeline International Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Zibeline International Publishing ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).