PMID- 21946319
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111108
LR  - 20191112
IS  - 1342-4815 (Print)
IS  - 1342-4815 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Sep
TI  - Antimicrobial characteristics of heated scallop shell powder and its application.
PG  - 95-102
AB  - Scallop shells are used to make food additives and plastering and paving 
      materials. However, most of the shell is considered commercial waste. In 
      scallop-harvesting districts, large numbers of shells are heaped near the 
      seaside, which creates problems such as offensive odors and soil pollution from 
      heavy metals that leach out of the viscera. Therefore, new applications for 
      scallop shells need to be developed. The main component of scallop shells is 
      calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)), which is converted to calcium oxide (CaO) when 
      heated. Heated scallop shell powder (HSSP) possesses broad antimicrobial action 
      against the vegetative cells of bacteria, spores, and fungi. HSSP applied to 
      fresh vegetables and processed foods reduces the number of viable bacterial 
      cells. The use of HSSP in food processing provides a source of minerals and 
      prolongs the shelf life of foodstuffs. Moreover, reducing the amount of scallop 
      shell waste would reduce the related pollution problem. This report is a review 
      of the antibacterial activity of HSSP and its application for the control of 
      microbes.
FAU - Sawai, Jun
AU  - Sawai J
AD  - Department of Nutrition and Life Science, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 
      Kanagawa, Japan. sawai@bio.kanagawa-it.ac.jp
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Biocontrol Sci
JT  - Biocontrol science
JID - 9712121
RN  - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
RN  - 0 (Calcium Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Oxides)
RN  - 0 (Powders)
RN  - C7X2M0VVNH (lime)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacology
MH  - Calcium Compounds/pharmacology
MH  - Food Handling
MH  - Oxides/pharmacology
MH  - *Pectinidae
MH  - Powders
MH  - Spores, Bacterial/drug effects
EDAT- 2011/09/29 06:00
MHDA- 2011/11/09 06:00
CRDT- 2011/09/28 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/09/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/11/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - JST.JSTAGE/bio/16.95 [pii]
AID - 10.4265/bio.16.95 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biocontrol Sci. 2011 Sep;16(3):95-102. doi: 10.4265/bio.16.95.