Open AccessEffect of corn starch coating incorporated with nanoemulsion of Zataria multiflora essential oil fortified with cinnamaldehyde on microbial quality of fresh chicken meat and fate of inoculated Listeria monocytogenes
Author(s) -
Zahra Abbasi,
Majid Aminzare,
Hassan Hassanzad Azar,
Kobra Rostamizadeh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of food science and technology/journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.656
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 0975-8402
pISSN - 0022-1155
DOI - 10.1007/s13197-020-04774-y
Subject(s) - food science , listeria monocytogenes , antimicrobial , essential oil , carvacrol , chemistry , total viable count , cinnamaldehyde , preservative , tea tree oil , starch , bacteria , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , genetics
The present study compared the effects of corn starch coatings incorporated with Zataria multiflora essential oil (ZEO) and cinnamaldehyde (CIN) in conventional, nanoemulsion (NZEO) and fortified nanoemulsion (NZEOC) forms, on specific spoilage microorganisms of chicken meat and on the fate of inoculated Listeria monocytogenes during 20 days storage at 4 ± 1 °C. Based on the results of GC-MS analysis of ZEO, carvacrol (36.62%) was the most important compound of essential oil. Samples coated with the starch solution containing nanoemulsions had better antimicrobial activities than conventional forms. Also, NZEOC treatment had the best antimicrobial properties at the end of storage with the following results: Total viable count (7.96 log 10 CFU/g), Psychrotrophic count (7.29 log 10 CFU/g), Lactic acid bacteria (6.51 log 10 CFU/g), Enterobacteriaceae count (6.98 log 10 CFU/g), Mold and yeast count (5.16 log 10 CFU/g) and inoculated L. monocytogenes (6.51 log 10 CFU/g). Furthermore, the addition of CIN-ZEO during nanoemulsion formation (NZEOC) increased the antimicrobial properties of the samples compared to individual addition of NZEO and CIN (NZEO + CIN) to the starch solution. Therefore, corn starch coating containing NZEOC is recommended as a natural preservative to enhance the microbial stability of poultry meat.