Publications by authors named "I Dammak"
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- * The yeast strains demonstrated resilience, growing in high concentrations of sucrose, salt, and extreme temperatures, and showed significant inhibition of mycotoxigenic species that affect dates, with inhibition percentages between 43.6% and 70.3%.
- * The strains produced volatile compounds that effectively inhibited fungal growth and sporulation, indicating their potential as a safe and eco-friendly alternative to synthetic fungicides for protecting stored dates.
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- The study evaluated how two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, both alive and dead, could remove ochratoxin A (OTA) from grape juice contaminated with the toxin.
- One strain was a commercial yeast used in winemaking, while the other was isolated from table grapes.
- Results showed that both strains, especially in their dead form, significantly reduced OTA levels in both artificially and naturally contaminated grape juice after just one hour of contact.
In the current investigation, the capacity of different yeast strains to decolorize reactive black 5 (RB-5) was assessed. A comparative study between the different strains demonstrated that X19G2 exhibited the highest decolorization rate (69.20 ± 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe attention towards active films has increased due to consumer demand for high-quality foods without chemical additives. Active biopolymer-based films have shown great potential for active films by impacting food safety, acting as the carriers of various natural antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds, and decreasing environmental pollution from petrol-derived packaging materials. However, there is a wide range of challenges concerning the different characteristics of biopolymers and plasticizers, often hygroscopic/hydrophilic, compared to numerous lipophilic bioactive compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, substantial consideration within the food industry has been aimed at the development of food-grade nanoemulsions (NE) as promising systems for encapsulating, stabilizing, and delivering bioactive compounds. Although numerous studies have revealed the critical potential of NE, there are still several challenges to overcome them. These include the extensive amounts of synthetic emulsifiers needed for NE formulation, which can potentially be toxic for human health.
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