Antimicrobial effect of acidified nitrite on gut pathogens: Importance of dietary nitrate in host defense
Antimicrobial effect of acidified nitrite on gut pathogens: Importance of dietary nitrate in host defense
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.40.6.1422
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发表时间:
1996-06-01
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4.9
通讯作者:
Leifert, C
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作者:
Dykhuizen, RS;Frazer, R;Leifert, C
Dietary intake of nitrate generates salivary nitrite, which is acidified in the stomach, leading to a number of reactive intermediates of nitrogen, among which are the potentially carcinogenic N-nitrosamines. Acidified nitrite, however, also has antimicrobial activity which coincides with the formation of nitric: oxide. The present study examines the antimicrobial effect in vitro of acidified nitrite on Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella sonnei, and Escherichia coli O157, First-order regression plots showed a linear inverse relationship of log-transformed proton and nitrite concentrations with MICs and MBCs after 30 min, 2 h, and 24 h of exposure (P < 0.001 for all antibacterial activities), Susceptibility to the acidified nitrate solutions ranked as follows: Y. enterocolitica > S, enteritidis > S. typhimurium = Shigella sonnei > E, coli O157 (P < 0.05), Addition of SCN-, but not that of Cl-, increased the antibacterial activity (paired t testing, P < 0.001), Generation of salivary nitrite from dietary nitrate may provide significant protection against gut pathogens in humans.