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Olive leaf extracts as a source of antibacterial compounds against Campylobacter spp. strains isolated from the chicken food chain
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1  Microbiology and Food Biocatalysis Group, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9. Cantoblanco Campus, Autonoma University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
2  Department of Production and Characterization of Novel Foods, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), C/ Nicolas Cabrera 9, Cantoblanco Campus, Autonoma University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Academic Editor: Christopher J. Smith

Abstract:

Campylobacter is the leading cause of bacterial foodborne gastroenteritis worldwide. Infections by Campylobacter in humans are generally caused by consuming contaminated foods of animal origin, with poultry, especially chicken, being the main reservoir. The high prevalence of Campylobacter in chicken carcasses and the growing resistance to the most widely used antibiotics has driven EFSA to propose a regulation (2017/1495) containing new microbiological criteria to regulate the presence of Campylobacter in broiler carcasses. In this context, there has been an increase in the number of research aimed at the search for new tools to reduce Campylobacter incidence in chicken meat. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of two olive leaf extracts (A y B) against eleven Campylobacter spp. strains (C. jejuni y C. coli) isolated from chicken food chain. Results showed that all Campylobacter strains had resistance to at least one of the eight antibiotics evaluated, and 46% of them were antibiotic multi-resistant. HPLC analysis showed that hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein were the major phenolic compounds in extracts A and B, respectively. Extract A showed a significant antibacterial activity against all Campylobacter strains tested in the present work. The use of a pure standard of hydroxytyrosol confirmed the contribution of this compound to the antibacterial effect of extract A. These results suggest that olive leaves could be used as a source of bioactive compounds to obtain extracts with antibacterial activity against Campylobacter spp potentially applicable to reduce the presence of Campylobacter in chicken carcasses.

Keywords: Campylobacter; olive leaves; antibacterial activity; olive by-products
Comments on this paper
Jasmin Dold
Hi together!
Great job! Are you considering integrating the compounds in the packaging system or is it more likely that they will be used in the production of chicken products?
Kind regards
Jasmin
Jose Manuel Silvan
Hi Jasmin.

thank you very much for your nice comments. We are pleased that you found our work useful. The possibilities of use of these olive leaf extracts that you mention are very interesting. In our case, we are interested in their application at different points of the chicken meat processing chain, but their use in the packaging system would also be very interesting.

Best regards,
Jose Manuel.



 
 
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