{"id":982,"date":"2025-09-11T09:56:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/?page_id=982"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:56:51","slug":"antimicrobial-activity-of-corn-starch-cryogels-incorporated-with-clove-essential-oil-syzygium-aromaticum-against-antimicrobial-resistant-campylobacter-jejuni-application-as-an-absorbent-pad-in-broi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/producao-cientifica\/2025-2\/antimicrobial-activity-of-corn-starch-cryogels-incorporated-with-clove-essential-oil-syzygium-aromaticum-against-antimicrobial-resistant-campylobacter-jejuni-application-as-an-absorbent-pad-in-broi\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial activity of corn starch cryogels incorporated with clove essential oil (Syzygium aromaticum) against antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter jejuni: application as an absorbent pad in broiler meat packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Rauber Klein\u00fcbing, Elder Pacheco da Cruz, Laura Martins Fonseca, Tassiana Ramires, Isabela Schneid Kr\u00f6ning, Rosane Lopes Crizel, Pamela Inchauspe Corr\u00eaa Alves, Eric Hiroyoshi Ossugui, Graciela V\u00f6lz Lopes, Elessandra da Rosa Zavareze &amp; Wladimir Padilha da Silva<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"section-title u-h4 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<div id=\"as0005\">\n<div id=\"sp0080\" class=\"u-margin-s-bottom\"><em>Campylobacter jejuni<\/em>\u00a0is a major cause of campylobacteriosis in humans. This disease is mainly related to the consumption of undercooked broiler meat or cross-contamination with broiler meat, its exudate, or packaging. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of clove essential oil (CEO) against antimicrobial-resistant\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0and to incorporate this compound into a corn starch cryogel, simulating an eco-friendly absorbent pad for broiler meat packaging. The CEO showed an inhibitory effect against\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0with the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration varying between isolates (0.15\u20130.59\u00a0mg\u00b7mL<sup>\u22121<\/sup>). Corn starch cryogels were produced with 0, 10, and 30\u00a0% (<em>v<\/em>\/<em>w<\/em>) of CEO, exhibiting homogenous morphology with a mean pore size of approximately 143\u00a0\u03bcm, high porosity, and significant absorbent capacity. The cryogels showed anti-<em>Campylobacter<\/em>\u00a0activity when tested on contaminated broiler meat, resulting in a\u00a0\u223c\u00a03.6-log<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0CFU\u00b7g<sup>\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0reduction in\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0count under microaerophilic conditions at 42\u00a0\u00b0C for 24\u00a0h, and \u223c1.3-log<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0CFU\u00b7g<sup>\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0reduction in\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0count under aerophilic conditions at 4\u00a0\u00b0C for 48\u00a0h. The CEO cryogels also absorbed broiler meat exudates, effectively eliminating\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0contamination, which remained &gt;8-log<sub>10<\/sub>\u00a0CFU\u00b7g<sup>\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0in the control cryogel (without CEO) in both storage conditions tested. The CEO has anti-<em>Campylobacter<\/em>\u00a0activity in vitro, and CEO cryogels significantly inhibit\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0in broiler meat and its exudate. Thus, CEO cryogels have the potential to be used in the food industry to ensure food safety, offering an eco-friendly and efficient alternative to reducing\u00a0<em>C. jejuni<\/em>\u00a0contamination through active packaging.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111391\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111391<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Rauber Klein\u00fcbing, Elder Pacheco da Cruz, Laura Martins Fonseca, Tassiana Ramires, Isabela Schneid Kr\u00f6ning, Rosane Lopes Crizel, Pamela Inchauspe Corr\u00eaa Alves, Eric Hiroyoshi Ossugui, Graciela V\u00f6lz Lopes, Elessandra da Rosa Zavareze &amp; Wladimir Padilha da Silva Abstract Campylobacter jejuni\u00a0is a major cause of campylobacteriosis in humans. This disease is mainly related to the consumption&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/producao-cientifica\/2025-2\/antimicrobial-activity-of-corn-starch-cryogels-incorporated-with-clove-essential-oil-syzygium-aromaticum-against-antimicrobial-resistant-campylobacter-jejuni-application-as-an-absorbent-pad-in-broi\/\">Leia mais<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":0,"parent":850,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-982","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 20:18:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":983,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions\/983"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/bionano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}