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Efficacy of Cinnamaldehyde Against Enteric Viruses and Its Activity After Incorporation Into Biodegradable Multilayer Systems of Interest in Food Packaging

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Cinnamaldehyde (CNMA), an organic compound that gives cinnamon its flavor and odor, was investigated for its virucidal activity on norovirus surrogates, murine norovirus (MNV) and feline calicivirus (FCV), and hepatitis A virus (HAV). Initially, different concentrations of CNMA (0.1, 0.5 and 1 %) were individually mixed with each virus at titers of ca. 6–7 log10 TCID50/ml and incubated 2 h at 4 and 37 °C. CNMA was effective in reducing the titers of norovirus surrogates in a dose-dependent manner after 2 h at 37 °C, while HAV titers were reduced by 1 log10 after treatment with 1 % of CNMA. When incubation time was extended, HAV titers were reduced by 3.4 and 2.7 log10 after overnight incubation at 37 °C with 1 and 0.5 % of CNMA, respectively. Moreover, this paper analyzed, for the first time, the antiviral activity of adding an active electrospun interlayer based on zein and CNMA to a polyhydroxybutyrate packaging material (PHB) in a multilayer form. Biodegradable multilayer systems prepared with 2.60 mg/cm2 (~9.7 %) of CNMA completely inactivated FCV according to ISO 22196:2011, while MNV titers were reduced by 2.75 log10. When the developed multilayer films were evaluated after one month of preparation or at 25 °C, the antiviral activity was reduced as compared to freshly prepared multilayer films evaluated at 37 °C. The results show the excellent potential of this system for food contact applications as well as for active packaging technologies in order to maintain or extend food quality and safety.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) (RYC-2012-09950, AGL2015-63855-C2-1 and INIA Grant RTA2014-00024-C04-03). GS was supported by the “Ramón y Cajal” Young Investigator and MJF was recipient of a Juan de la Cierva contract from the MINECO. JLC-M was supported by the Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Colciencias) of Colombian Government and WR by the “Student Mobility for Placement e SMP” Grant of the EU Life Learning Program. We thank G. Ramos for his technical assistance.

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  1. Food Preservation and Food Quality Department, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Avda, Agustin Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain

    M. J. Fabra, J. L. Castro-Mayorga, J. M. Lagarón & A. López-Rubio

  2. Department of Agricultural and Forest Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    W. Randazzo

  3. Biotechnology Department, IATA-CSIC, Avda. Agustín Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain

    W. Randazzo, R. Aznar & G. Sánchez

  4. Microbiology and Ecology Department, University of Valencia, Avda. Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

    R. Aznar & G. Sánchez

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Fabra, M.J., Castro-Mayorga, J.L., Randazzo, W. et al. Efficacy of Cinnamaldehyde Against Enteric Viruses and Its Activity After Incorporation Into Biodegradable Multilayer Systems of Interest in Food Packaging. Food Environ Virol 8, 125–132 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-016-9235-7

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