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Volume 8
Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
ISSN: 2161-069X
Page 39
JOINT EVENT
Pediatric Gastro 2018
Digestive Diseases 2018
October 22-23, 2018
October 22-23, 2018 Berlin, Germany
3
rd
International Conference on
Digestive and Metabolic Diseases
Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition
13
th
International Conference on
&
Antimicrobial activity of phenolic extract and essential oil of
Ceratonia siliqua L
(Caroub)
: Effect on
digestive flora of malnourished children
Asmaa Belgharbi
University of Mascara, Algeria
A
gro-food and pharmaceutical industries for its richness in oligosaccharides, dietary fiber and polyphenols.These substances
make carob a potential candidate for prebiotic status. The aim of this work is: firstly, to demonstrate the antimicrobial
activity of polyphenol and essential oil of carob at different concentrations against eight strains belonging to the digestive flora
of malnourished children, and secondly, to evaluate the effect of seed extract of
Ceratonia siliqua L
on the growth of probiotics
and the tested strains of the digestive flora of malnourished children.
Methods:
The effect of this plants was investigated through by physico-chemically and microbiological testes,
Results:
The results revealed significant antimicrobial activity with an inhibition zone ranging from 5 to 16.5 mm and a
MIC of 3.33% and 8.33% for the phenolic extract; and 5 to 19.6 mm and a MIC of 0.33% for the essential oil. Furthermore,
the confrontation test results show that the two strains (
Lactobacillus fermentum
and
Lactobacillus plantarum
) present an
antimicrobial activity against the tested strains. In addition, the inhibitory capacity of
L.plantarum
and
L.fermentum
is
improved in the presence of 1% (w / v) of the carob seed extract.
Conclusion:
Therefore, this study makes the carob-probiotic association the best candidate for the treatment of diarrhea in
malnourished children.
asmaabelgharbi@yahoo.frJ Gastrointest Dig Syst 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-069X-C7-083