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Inhibition of amino acid decarboxylase activity of Enterobacter aerogenes by active components in spices

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Wendakoon, Chitra N., Sakaguchi, Morihiko·1995·Journal of Food Protection

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The water and ethanol extracts of several commercially available spices were examined for their inhibitory action on the decarboxylase activity of a crude extract of Enterobacter aerogenes . The water extracts had a negligible effect on histidine decarboxylase activity, except for water extract of cloves which reduced the activity by about 40%. However, the ethanol extracts had a rather higher inhibitory action upon histidine, lysine, and ornithine decarboxylases. Of the spices used, cloves, cinnamon, sage, nutmeg, and allspice were very effective in inhibiting the decarboxylases. Among the components of those spices, cinnamaldehyde and eugenol were found to be effective inhibitors.

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  • Cinnamaldehyde is capable of altering the lipid profile of the microbial cell membrane.

    “Cinnamaldehyde is indeed capable of altering the lipid profile of the microbial cell membrane [47].”

    From Effect of essential oils on pathogenic bacteria (2013) · cites this paper as [47]

  • Eugenol acts against different bacterial enzymes, including ATPase, histidine carboxylase, amylase and protease.

    “It also acts against different bacterial enzymes, including ATPase, histidine carboxylase, amylase and protease [46,47].”

    From Effect of essential oils on pathogenic bacteria (2013) · cites this paper as [47]

  • Non-specific inhibition of membrane-bound or -embedded enzymes can be caused by small hydrophobic molecules as a result of changes in protein conformation.

    “Non-specific inhibition of membrane-bound or -embedded enzymes can be caused by small hydrophobic molecules as a result of changes in the protein conformation.”

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Authors
Wendakoon, C. N., & Sakaguchi, M.
Affiliations
Kyoto University (JP)
Venue
Journal of Food Protection
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1995-03
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
280-283
ISSN
0362-028X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2409189647
Cited by
377
References
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0.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Food Protection (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Antimicrobial agents and applications
Keywords
Enterobacter aerogenes, spices, histidine decarboxylase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, Syzygium aromaticum, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, sage, antimicrobial food additives

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