{"title":"Antifungal spectrum of chitosan films added with lactic acid bacteria cell-free supernatants","authors":"Bryan López-Pérez, David Mejía-Reyes, Raymundo Rosas-Quijano, Lourdes Adriano-Anaya, Adriana Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Alfredo Vázquez-Ovando","doi":"10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100552","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are considered GRAS, and some strains have antifungal activity, so they can be used to inhibit the growth of fungi associated with spoilage of fruits and vegetables. The aim of this work was to evaluate the antifungal effect of edible films made with chitosan (1.5 % w/v) added with CFS of LAB against the phytopathogenic fungi <em>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</em>, <em>Fusarium</em> sp. and <em>Penicillium</em> sp. AT21H10. Due to their <em>in vitro</em> antifungal capacity, the CFS of LAB, <em>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</em> TEP15, <em>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</em> TEP8 and <em>Lactiplantibacillus pentosus</em> TEJ4, were first selected. Film-forming solutions were spiked with 100 %, 50 %, 25 %, 12.5 %, and 6.5 % (v/v) of CFS from each of the LAB and their ability to inhibit spore germination and mycelium growth was evaluated. The films were effective in inhibiting both spore germination and mycelium growth of the three phytopathogenic fungi. CFS concentrations lower than 50 % had greater antifungal activity. The average inhibition values were > 70 % against <em>C. gloeosporioides</em>, 90–100 % against <em>Fusarium</em> sp. and 60–80 % against <em>Penicilliu</em>m sp. AT21H10.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100543,"journal":{"name":"Food and Humanity","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100552"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food and Humanity","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949824425000564","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are considered GRAS, and some strains have antifungal activity, so they can be used to inhibit the growth of fungi associated with spoilage of fruits and vegetables. The aim of this work was to evaluate the antifungal effect of edible films made with chitosan (1.5 % w/v) added with CFS of LAB against the phytopathogenic fungi Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Fusarium sp. and Penicillium sp. AT21H10. Due to their in vitro antifungal capacity, the CFS of LAB, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum TEP15, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei TEP8 and Lactiplantibacillus pentosus TEJ4, were first selected. Film-forming solutions were spiked with 100 %, 50 %, 25 %, 12.5 %, and 6.5 % (v/v) of CFS from each of the LAB and their ability to inhibit spore germination and mycelium growth was evaluated. The films were effective in inhibiting both spore germination and mycelium growth of the three phytopathogenic fungi. CFS concentrations lower than 50 % had greater antifungal activity. The average inhibition values were > 70 % against C. gloeosporioides, 90–100 % against Fusarium sp. and 60–80 % against Penicillium sp. AT21H10.