Sonodynamic bactericidal activity of curcumin against
foodborne bacteria
CS Xu1, M Ip2, AWN Leung1,
XN Wang1, ZR Yang3, BT Zhang1, SP Ip1
1 School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of
Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3 Shenzhen Center of Disease Control and
Prevention, Shenzhen, China
1. Sonodynamic treatment with curcumin could
eradicate Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli, with Bacillus
cereus being more sensitive to treatment.
2. The production of reactive oxygen species, including singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radical, increased significantly after sonodynamic treatment with curcumin.
2. The production of reactive oxygen species, including singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radical, increased significantly after sonodynamic treatment with curcumin.