Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan Film Forming Solution Enriched with Essential Oils; an Assay

Overview

Journal Iran J Biotechnol

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2018 May 31

PMID 29845058

Citations 12

Authors

Kana Jean Raphael

Amir Meimandipour

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Abstract

The resistance of the bacteria and fungi to the innumerous antimicrobial agents is a major challenge in the treatment of the infections demands to the necessity for searching and finding new sources of substances with antimicrobial properties. The incorporation of the essential oils (EOs) in chitosan film forming solution may enhance antimicrobial properties. However, its use as the feeding additive in the poultry nutrition needs to clarify the product's activity against both pathogen and the useful microbes in the gastrointestinal tract. In the present study, we carried out an investigation and evaluated the antimicrobial activity of chitosan film forming solution incorporated with essential oils (CFs+EOs) against microbial strains including and . In three replicates, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of different treatments including: 1- essential oils (EOs), 2- chitosan film solution (CFs), and 3-chitosan film solution enriched with EOs (CFs+EOs) were determined against above mentioned microbes. The results indicated that the chitosan solution enriched with essential oils (CFs+EOs) is capable of inhibiting the bacterial and fungal growth even at the lowest concentrations. The MIC and MBC for all the antimicrobial agents against and were very low compared to the concentrations needed to inhibit the growth of useful bacteria, and . The antifungal activity of chitosan was enhanced as the concentration of EOs increased in the film solution. Chitosan-EOs complexes are the promising candidate for novel contact antimicrobial agents that can be used in animal feeds.

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