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Results showed a delay in natural microflora
growth and significant population reduction Lysozyme is a naturally occurring (human
in inoculated E. coli O157:H7. They argued saliva, egg white), 14.6 kDa, single-peptide
that the antimicrobial might have use as a protein that has antimicrobial activity due to
vapor. When 5% to 20% mustard flour was its enzymatic ability to hydrolyze β(1–4) gly-
used as a natural source of allyl isothiocya- cosidic linkages in bacterial cell walls
nate in ground beef, inoculated E. coli (Proctor and Cunningham 1988). It is more
O157:H7 population declined but no effect active against Gram-positive bacteria, and
on spoilage microflora was noted (Nadarajah activity against Gram-negatives can be
et al. 2005b). Sensory evaluation results increased by use of membrane disrupting
showed that panelists could detect mustard agents (detergents and chelators), such as