[Objective] This study aimed to provide basis for exploring the antimicrobial activity of capsaicin from different Capsicum cultivars and different locations in the same Capsicum fruit. [Method] Capsaicin was extracte...[Objective] This study aimed to provide basis for exploring the antimicrobial activity of capsaicin from different Capsicum cultivars and different locations in the same Capsicum fruit. [Method] Capsaicin was extracted from pericarp and seeds of three Capsicum cultivars using the alkaline ethanol extraction method. The antimicro- bial activities of capsaicin against Staphylococcus aureus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Asergillus niger were also studied. [Result] Capsaicin content in the ethanol ex- tracts of three Capsicum fruit followed： C. annuum L. var. conoides〉C, annuum L.〉C. annuum L. var. Iongum, and the capsaicin content in pericarp was 1.5-3.9 times that in seeds. Within the concentration range designed in this experiment （0.5-1.5 mg/ ml）, antimicrobial activities of the ethanol extracts from fruits of three Capsicum culfi- vars against the three experimental strains were obvious, with the highest antimicro- bial activity in C. annuum L., and similar antimicrobial activity in C. annuum L var. Iongum and C. annuum L, var. conoides. [Conclution] Both pericarp and seeds of three Capsicum cultivars contained capsaicinoids with high broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity.展开更多
基金Supported by the Research Project for the Teaching Reform and Quality Construction of State Ethnic Affairs Commission(11005)Reform Project for Professional Training Mode in Basic Subjects of Beijing(2011)Undergraduate Research Training Program of Minzu University of China(URTP2011110085)~~
文摘[Objective] This study aimed to provide basis for exploring the antimicrobial activity of capsaicin from different Capsicum cultivars and different locations in the same Capsicum fruit. [Method] Capsaicin was extracted from pericarp and seeds of three Capsicum cultivars using the alkaline ethanol extraction method. The antimicro- bial activities of capsaicin against Staphylococcus aureus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Asergillus niger were also studied. [Result] Capsaicin content in the ethanol ex- tracts of three Capsicum fruit followed： C. annuum L. var. conoides〉C, annuum L.〉C. annuum L. var. Iongum, and the capsaicin content in pericarp was 1.5-3.9 times that in seeds. Within the concentration range designed in this experiment （0.5-1.5 mg/ ml）, antimicrobial activities of the ethanol extracts from fruits of three Capsicum culfi- vars against the three experimental strains were obvious, with the highest antimicro- bial activity in C. annuum L., and similar antimicrobial activity in C. annuum L var. Iongum and C. annuum L, var. conoides. [Conclution] Both pericarp and seeds of three Capsicum cultivars contained capsaicinoids with high broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity.
