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Antimicrobial activity and preditivity of Artemisia acunculus (Asteraceae), var. inodora - tarragon -, as condiment, against Salmonella sp

It was evaluated antibacterial activity of watery extract of the condiment tarragon - Artemisia dracunculus linn., var. inodora -, against the Salmonella enteritidis (ATCC 11076), through the system of multiple pipes and the job of bacterial inhibitors, it was determined Intensity of inhibition/inativation (IINIB/IINAB), observing expressive inhibition, as well as absence of inativation on this salmonela. In presence of the organic substance, represented by skimmed barren milk, these attributes if had repeated, even so with lesser intensity of inhnibition. Later, it was evaluated preditividade of one official technique of isolation of this bacterium, using an experimental solution of milk and BHI broth (Brain Heart Infusion), contaminated with 10(4) CFU/ mL of salmonela in study. It was verified absence of isolation of this bacterium in aliquots of 25 mL, after periods of 24, 48 and 72 hours of incubation at 36ºC, compromising the Preditive Validity of the Negative Results (PVR-) of the test. One suggests that, in the inquiries epidemiologists of alimentary toxinfectives studies, information could be increased about vegetal condimentary, among others, pertinent to the increasing complexity of the system of feeding and nutrition.

antimicrobial activity; Artemisia dracunculus; preditivity in salmonella; condimented foods; tarragon


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