Novel aqueous oil-in-water emulsions containing extracts of natural coniferous resins are strongly antimicrobial against enterobacteria, staphylococci and yeasts, as well as on bacterial biofilms
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Rinnakkaistallenteen versio
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2017Tekijä(t)
Yksilöllinen tunniste
10.1111/jam.13640Metadata
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Haapakorva, E. Holmbom, T. von Wright, A. (2017). Novel aqueous oil-in-water emulsions containing extracts of natural coniferous resins are strongly antimicrobial against enterobacteria, staphylococci and yeasts, as well as on bacterial biofilms. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 124 (1) , 136-143. 10.1111/jam.13640.Oikeudet
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Aims
The aim of this study was to examine the antimicrobial properties of novel aqueous natural rapeseed oil/saline emulsions containing different soluble components of spruce resin.
Methods and Results
The composition of aqueous resin emulsions was analysed by GC‐MS and their antimicrobial properties were studied with challenge tests and with turbidometric assays. The emulsions were strongly antimicrobial against common Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria (including MRSA) as well as common yeasts. Furthermore, they inhibited the biofilm formation and eradicated the microbial biofilms on tested microbes. Characteristic for the emulsions was the presence of oxidized resin acids. Other main components present in emulsions, such as lignans and coumaric acids, were not antimicrobial, when tested separately.
Conclusions
The results indicated that the oxidized resin acids were the antimicrobial components in the emulsions. Also, there appears to be a stoichiometric relationship between the number of resin acid molecules and the number microbe cells in the antimicrobial action.
Significance and Impact of the Study
The fact that these solutions do not contain abietic acid, which is the main allergenic compound in resins, suggests that these solutions would be suitable, well‐tolerated antimicrobials for various medical applications. The aqueous formulation will also allow the expansion of the use of these emulsions in from medical applications to the food preservatives and disinfectants.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jam.13640Julkaisija
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