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R S de Siqueira1, C E R Dodd, C E D Rees.
Abstract
Many natural products have intrinsic antimicrobial activity. In this study we have examined infusions from nine types of loose-leaf tea for their ability to inactivate bacteriophage, for use as an alternative to plant extract in a phage-based Salmonella detection assay. The results demonstrated that tea infusions, either freshly prepared or stored at 4 degrees C had virucidal action against two phages, Felix 01 and P22. Crucially, for use in the detection assay, there was no antibacterial effect of the virucide on the target bacteria. Therefore, tea was a good candidate to replace pomegranate as the virucidal agent in the phage amplification assay.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16920213 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Food Microbiol ISSN： 0168-1605 Impact factor: 5.277