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Cold plasma treatment for the microbiological safety of cabbage, lettuce, and dried figs
- Title
- Cold plasma treatment for the microbiological safety of cabbage, lettuce, and dried figs
- Authors
- Lee, Hanna; Kim, Jung Eun; Chung, Myong-Soo; Min, Sea C.
- Ewha Authors
- 정명수
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 정명수

- Issue Date
- 2015
- Journal Title
- FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
- ISSN
- 0740-0020
1095-9998
- Citation
- FOOD MICROBIOLOGY vol. 51, pp. 74 - 80
- Keywords
- Non-thermal processing; Cold plasma; Food safety; Cabbage; Lettuce; Fig
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS

- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Microwave-powered cold plasma treatment (CPT) was evaluated as a means to improve the microbiological safety of fresh vegetables and dried fruits. The CPT at 900 W, conducted for 10 min using nitrogen as a plasma-forming gas, inactivated Salmonella Typhimurium inoculated on cabbage and lettuce by approximately 1.5 log CFU/g. The CPT at 400-900 Wand 667 Pa, conducted for 1-10 min using a helium-oxygen gas mixture, inactivated Listeria monocytogenes on cabbage by 0.3-2.1 log CFU/g in a time-dependent manner (P < 0.05). The Weibull model adequately described the inactivation of L. monocytogenes on cabbage by CPT. The CPT at the optimum conditions of treatment power (400 W) and time (10 min) inactivated L. monocytogenes on lettuce by 1.8 +/- 0.2 log CFU/g. As the water activity of the dried figs increased from 0.70 to 0.93, the reductions in numbers of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes on figs increased from 0.5 to 1.3 log CFU/g and from 1.0 to 1.6 log CFU/g, respectively. The microbial inactivation by CPT increased synergistically when the pH of the figs was reduced from 6 to 4. CTPs have potential application to increase the microbiological safety of vegetables and dried fruits. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.fm.2015.05.004
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- 공과대학 > 식품생명공학과 > Journal papers
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