Dergiler / Food and Health / 2018 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 2
THE SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT OF BLACK AND GREEN TEA INFUSION ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF KEFIR
- Dergi
- Food and Health
- Sayfa
- 124–131
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Özet
The influence of supplementation with green and black tea on microbiological properties and antimicrobial activities of kefir was investigated during 21 days of storage. The samples supplemented with 2% either green or black tea had higher viable counts of both kefir cultures than those of supplemented with the ratio of 4%. Both green and black tea extracts showed antimicrobial activity on Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans however this effect was detected higher in samples containing green tea.