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Lactic acid bacteria as antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic agents: A comprehensive review

Sadiq, Faizan Ahmed, Yan, Bowen, Tian, Fengwei, Zhao, Jianxin, Zhang, Hao, Chen, Wei·2019·Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

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Fungal contamination of food and animal feed, especially by mycotoxigenic fungi, is not only a global food quality concern for food manufacturers, but it also poses serious health concerns because of the production of a variety of mycotoxins, some of which present considerable food safety challenges. In today's mega-scale food and feed productions, which involve a number of processing steps and the use of a variety of ingredients, fungal contamination is regarded as unavoidable, even good manufacturing practices are followed. Chemical preservatives, to some extent, are successful in retarding microbial growth and achieving considerably longer shelf-life. However, the increasing demand for clean label products requires manufacturers to find natural alternatives to replace chemically derived ingredients to guarantee the clean label. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB), with the status generally recognized as safe (GRAS), are apprehended as an apt choice to be used as natural preservatives in food and animal feed to control fungal growth and subsequent mycotoxin production. LAB species produce a vast spectrum of antifungal metabolites to inhibit fungal growth; and also have the capacity to adsorb, degrade, or detoxify fungal mycotoxins including ochratoxins, aflatoxins, and Fusarium toxins. The potential of many LAB species to circumvent spoilage associated with fungi has been exploited in a variety of human food and animal feed stuff. This review provides the most recent updates on the ability of LAB to serve as antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic agents. In addition, some recent trends of the use of LAB as biopreservative agents against fungal growth and mycotoxin production are highlighted.

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  • Phenyllactic acid can retard the growth of many fungi, including species belonging to the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium; however, many studies have reported that very high concentrations of this acid are required to inhibit fungal growth, thus making it less suitable as antifungal agent in foods.

    “Phenyllactic acid can retard the growth of many fungi, including species belonging to the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium. However, many studies have reported that very high concentrations of this acid are required to inhibit fungal growth, thus making it less suitable as antifungal agent in foods [163].”

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Authors
Sadiq, F. A., Yan, B., Tian, F., Zhao, J., Zhang, H., & Chen, W.
Affiliations
Jiangnan University (CN)
Corresponding author
Zhao, Jianxin
Venue
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-08-13
Volume
18
Issue
5
Pages
1403-1436
ISSN
1541-4337 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2968166339
Cited by
313
References
295
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 1
FWCI
25.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471721)
  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M642162)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food and Agricultural Sciences
Keywords
lactic acid bacteria, antifungal activity, mycotoxin detoxification, mycotoxigenic fungi, natural food preservatives, clean label, aflatoxins, ochratoxin, Fusarium toxins, fungal spoilage, animal feed, food safety

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