Inhibition of growth and mycotoxin production of Aspergillus
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InhibitionofgrowthandmycotoxinproductionofAspergillusflavusandAspergillusparasiticusbyextractsofAgavespecies
EduardoSa´nchez,NormaHeredia,SantosGarcı´a*FacultaddeCienciasBiologicas,UniversidadAuto´nomadeNuevoLeo´n,Apdo.Postal124-F,SanNicola´s,N.L.66451,Me´xicoReceived22March2004;receivedinrevisedform9July2004;accepted15July2004
AbstractInthiswork,theeffectofethanolic,methanolicandaqueousextractsofAgaveasperrimaandAgavestriataongrowthandproductionofaflatoxin(inA&Mmedium)andcyclopiazonicacid(CPA;inCzpaek-Doxmedium)andongrowthincornunderstorageconditionswasdetermined.Aspergillusstrainswereinoculated(106conidiapermlofmediumorper6gofcorn),then
plantextractswereaddedandincubatedwithoutshakingat288Cfor8days(foraflatoxin-producinganalysis)orfor12days(forCPA-producinganalysis).AflatoxinwasassayedbyHPLCandcyclopiazonicacidbyabsorbanceat580nmusingtheErlichreagent.Theextractsthatmosteffectivelyinhibitedgrowthwerethosefromtheflowersofbothplants.TheseexhibitedanMICfrom0.5to2mg/mlinculturemedia.ExtractsfromscapeshowedanMICfrom15to30mg/mlinculturemedia.TheMICoftheflowerextractswashigher(N30mg/g)whenexaminedincorn.However,concentrationslowerthantheMICdrasticallyinhibitedproductionofaflatoxinsinculturemediumorincorn.HalfoftheMICinhibited99%oftheproductionofaflatoxinsand85%ofcyclopiazonicacid.D2004ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
Keywords:Aflatoxins;Aspergillus;Cyclopiazonicacid;Naturalproducts
1.IntroductionMycotoxinsaresecondarymetabolitesproducedbyspecificfilamentousfungithatcontaminateagri-culturalcommodities.Theyaretoxictohumansandanimals,causesignificantreductionsincropyieldandcauseeconomiclosses(GouramaandBullerman,1995;Gqalenietal.,1996).Theiroccurrenceinvariouscountrieshasbeenwelldocumented(Bath-nagarandGarcı´a,2001).AspergillusflavusandAspergillusparasiticusareimportantcontaminantsofcertainfoodsandanimalfeedsbecauseoftheirabilitytoproduceaflatoxins(Farretal.,1989).Whenthesefungiinvadeandgrowincommoditiessuchaspeanuts,cornandcottonseed,theresultingcontaminationwithaflatoxinsoftenmakesthecommoditiesunfitforconsumption(Vardon,2003).Aflatoxinsareconsideredthemostcarcinogenic,
0168-1605/$-seefrontmatterD2004ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.07.009
*Correspondingauthor.Tel./fax:+528183763044.E-mailaddress:santos@microbiosymas.com(S.Garcı´a).
InternationalJournalofFoodMicrobiology98(2005)271–279www.elsevier.com/locate/ijfoodmicromutagenicandteratogenicsubstancesfoundnaturallyinfoodsandfeeds(Conner,1993).Thesemetabolitescauseliverdamagetohumansandtomostexperimen-talanimalspeciestested(Gradeletetal.,1997).Consumptionofmycotoxin-contaminatedfoodshasbeenassociatedwithseveralcasesofhumanpoisoning,ormycotoxicosis,sometimesresultingindeath(Bath-nagarandGarcı´a,2001).Cyclopiazonicacid(CPA)isanothertoxicsecon-darymetaboliteproducedbyA.flavus(Gqalenietal.,1996).Itcausesnecrosisofliverorgastrointestinaltissueandnecroticchangesinskeletalmuscleandkidney(Dorneretal.,1984).However,therearesuggestionsthattheteratogenicpotentialofCPAislow(Morriseyetal.,1984).IsolatesofA.flavushavebeenreportedtoco-produceaflatoxinsandCPA,aswellasothertoxinsindifferentamounts(MartinsandMartins,1999).Theco-productionofthesecompoundsinfoodsandfeedsmayresultinadditiveorsynergisticeffectsonconsumers,thusincreasingthetoxigenicpotentialofA.flavus(MartinsandMartins,1999).Manyconsumersdemandfoodswithoutpreserva-tivesandassociatehealthfulandsafefoodswithfreshorminimallyprocessedproducts(Maloetal.,1997).Duetotheincreasingpublicawarenessofthepollutive,residual,carcinogenicandphytotoxiceffectsofmanysyntheticfungicides,theimportanceofalternativeindigenousproductstocontrolphyto-pathogenicfungiisgainingpopularity(Gould,1996;Bankole,1997).Laboratoriesthroughouttheworldhavefoundthousandsofphytochemicalsthathaveinhibitoryeffectsonalltypesofmicroorganismsinvitro(Cowan,1999).Muchefforthasbeendevotedtothesearchfornewantifungalmaterialsobtainedfromnaturalsourcesforuseinfoodandgrain,andmanynaturallyoccurringantimicrobialshavebeenidenti-fiedinplants(BeuchatandGolden,1989).However,disappointinglyfewofthemhavebeendevelopedforuseinfoods(Shelef,1984).PlantsofthegeneraAgave,knowninMexicoasbmagueyQ,arewidelydistributed,exhibitanexcep-tionaladaptationtodroughtenvironmentsandprovideusefulproductssuchasnaturalfibers,beveragesandpottedplants(Garcı´a-Mendoza,1995).Furthermore,areportfromourlaboratoryhasshownthatthespeciesAgavelecheguilla(lecheguilla)exhibitsantifungalactivity(Verasteguietal.,1996).