Understanding of probiotic origin antimicrobial peptides: a sustainable approach ensuring food safety

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2024-09-19

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Springer

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2396-8370

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Bisht V, Das B, Hussain A, et al., (2024) Understanding of probiotic origin antimicrobial peptides: a sustainable approach ensuring food safety. npj Science of Food, Volume 8, September 2024, Article number 67

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The practice of preserving and adding value to food dates back to over 10,000 BCE, when unintentional microbial-driven chemical reactions imparted flavor and extended the shelf life of fermented foods. The process evolved, and with the urbanization of society, significant shifts in dietary habits emerged, accompanied by sporadic food poisoning incidents. The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have intensified the search for antibiotic alternatives owing to the rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens, emphasizing the exploration of probiotic-origin antimicrobial peptides to alleviate human microbiome collateral damage. Often termed 'molecular knives', these peptides outstand as potent antimicrobials due to their compatibility with innate microflora, amenability to bioengineering, target specificity, versatility and rapidity in molecular level mode of action. This review centres on bacteriocins sourced from lactic acid bacteria found in ethnic fermented foods, accentuating their desirable attributes, technological applications as nanobiotics and potential future applications in the modern context of ensuring food safety.

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Infectious Diseases, Nutrition, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Infection, 3006 Food sciences, 4004 Chemical engineering

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University Grant Commission, India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, National Agricultural Science Fund of ICAR, INDIA