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Article

The Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts on Growth of the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes

by
Marina Ceruso
1,
Jason A. Clement
2,
Matthew J. Todd
2,
Fangyuan Zhang
3,
Zuyi Huang
3,
Aniello Anastasio
1,
Tiziana Pepe
1 and
Yanhong Liu
4,*
1
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, 80100 Naples, Italy
2
Natural Products Discovery Institute, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, 3805 Old Easton Rd., Doylestown, PA 18960, USA
3
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
4
Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Antibiotics 2020, 9(6), 319; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060319
Submission received: 29 May 2020 / Revised: 9 June 2020 / Accepted: 9 June 2020 / Published: 11 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural Antimicrobial Products from Plants and Fungi: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects)
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Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen responsible for about 1600 illnesses each year in the United States (US) and about 2500 confirmed invasive human cases in European Union (EU) countries. Several technologies and antimicrobials are applied to control the presence of L. monocytogenes in food. Among these, the use of natural antimicrobials is preferred by consumers. This is due to their ability to inhibit the growth of foodborne pathogens but not prompt negative safety concerns. Among natural antimicrobials, plant extracts are used to inactivate L. monocytogenes. However, there is a large amount of these types of extracts, and their active compounds remain unexplored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity against L. monocytogenes of about 800 plant extracts derived from plants native to different countries worldwide. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to verify how the plant extracts affected L. monocytogenes at the microscopic level. Results showed that 12 of the plant extracts had inhibitory activity against L. monocytogenes. Future applications of this study could include the use of these plant extracts as new preservatives to reduce the risk of growth of pathogens and contamination in the food industry from L. monocytogenes.
Keywords: cell damage; Listeria monocytogenes; plant extracts; food safety cell damage; Listeria monocytogenes; plant extracts; food safety

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Ceruso, M.; Clement, J.A.; Todd, M.J.; Zhang, F.; Huang, Z.; Anastasio, A.; Pepe, T.; Liu, Y. The Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts on Growth of the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes. Antibiotics 2020, 9, 319. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060319

AMA Style

Ceruso M, Clement JA, Todd MJ, Zhang F, Huang Z, Anastasio A, Pepe T, Liu Y. The Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts on Growth of the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes. Antibiotics. 2020; 9(6):319. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060319

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Ceruso, Marina, Jason A. Clement, Matthew J. Todd, Fangyuan Zhang, Zuyi Huang, Aniello Anastasio, Tiziana Pepe, and Yanhong Liu. 2020. "The Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts on Growth of the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes" Antibiotics 9, no. 6: 319. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060319

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Ceruso, M., Clement, J. A., Todd, M. J., Zhang, F., Huang, Z., Anastasio, A., Pepe, T., & Liu, Y. (2020). The Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts on Growth of the Foodborne Pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes. Antibiotics, 9(6), 319. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060319

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