摘要
[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.
[目的]为研究不同品种、不同部位辣椒素的抑菌效果提供依据。[方法]采用碱性乙醇法分别提取3种辣椒果皮和籽粒中的辣椒素,以金黄色葡萄球菌、酿酒酵母、黑曲霉菌作为供试菌对其乙醇提取物进行抑菌活性的测定。[结果]3种辣椒中辣椒素含量依次为:朝天椒>野山椒>长辣椒。辣椒皮中的辣椒素含量是辣椒籽中的1.5～3.9倍。在试验浓度范围内(0.5～1.5mg/ml),3种辣椒的乙醇提取物对3种供试菌都具有明显的抑菌活性,其中野山椒的抑菌活性最高,朝天椒和长辣椒的抑菌活性基本相同。[结论]3种辣椒的果皮和籽粒都含有辣椒素类物质,并具有较好的广谱抑菌活性。
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)~~
