Assessment of preservative potential of Bunium persicum (Boiss) essential oil against fungal and aflatoxin contamination of stored masticatories and improvement in efficacy through encapsulation into chitosan nanomatrix

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 27; no. 22; pp. 27635 - 27650
• Main Authors: Singh, Akanksha, Deepika, Chaudhari, Anand Kumar, Das, Somenath, Singh, Vipin Kumar, Dwivedy, Abhishek Kumar, Shivalingam, Ramani Kandasamy, Dubey, Nawal Kishore
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aflatoxin B1; Aflatoxins; Animals; Antifungal activity; Antifungal Agents; antioxidant activity; Antioxidants; Apiaceae; Aquatic Pollution; Aspergillus flavus; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bunium persicum; Chitosan; Contamination; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Encapsulation; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Ergosterol; Essential oils; Fluidity; Food; Food contamination; Fungi; Fungicides; mechanism of action; Membrane fluidity; Membranes; Mice; nanocapsules; Nanoparticles; Oils & fats; Oils, Volatile; particle size; Phyllanthus emblica; plasma membrane; pollution; Preservatives; Pyruvaldehyde; Research Article; secretion; Sensory properties; Terpinene; toxigenic strains; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Zeta potential; Masticatories; Methylglyoxal; essential oil; Chitosan; Aflatoxin B; Nanoencapsulation; Aflatoxin B1; Bunium persicum essential oil
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08872-4

The study reports the preservative efficacy of Bunium persicum (Boiss) essential oil (BPEO) against fungal and aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) contamination of stored masticatories and boosting of its efficacy through encapsulation into chitosan. BPEO was chemically characterized through GC-MS analysis, whic...