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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2016 , Volume 4, Issue 3
Page No. : 45-55
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2302

Effects of adding cladode and epidermis extracts of Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia atropes to aerobic mesophilic bacteria and total coliforms in bovine raw milk

Lauro Antonio Delgado1, Rosa Elena Pérez1*, Rafael Roman2, Pedro Antonio Garcia1, Juvenal Esquivel1, and Ruy Ortiz2

1Facultad de Agrobiología “Presidente Juárez”- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Paseo Lázaro Cárdenas-Berlín Col. Viveros. Uruapan Michoacán, México; 2Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 3Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia-Universidad Michoacana de San
Nicolás de Hidalgo. Km 9,5 Carretera Morelia-Zinapécuaro. Tarímbaro Michoacán, México. CP 58880
*Corresponding Author E-mail: rosa_elenap@yahoo.com
Received: 3.06.2016 | Revised: 17.06.2016 | Accepted: 22.06.2016

 ABSTRACT

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of methanolic extracts from cladodes and cladode
epidermis of Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia atropes on bovine raw milk microbiology.
Methanolic extracts were obtained by maceration and added to bovine raw milk. Five repetitions per
treatment were performed. A microbiological analysis was carried out 2 h after methanolic extracts
were added. Aerobic mesophilic bacteria and total coliforms CFU mL-1 in raw milk decreased (p <
0.05) when Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia atropes extracts were added (≤ 3.1x105 and 1.5x106,
respectively for aerobic mesophilic bacteria) and (≤ 1.9x105 and 1.2 x106, respectively for total
coliforms). Adding this methanolic extracts to raw milk achieved Mexican quality standards for
aerobic mesophilic bacteria; but not for total coliforms. However, both species reduced aerobic
mesophilic bacteria and total coliforms CFU mL-1 counts improving microbiological quality of
bovine raw milk.
Key words: quality of milk, Opuntia spp., secondary metabolites, polar extracts. 

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Cite this article:

Delgado, L.A., Pérez, R.E., Roman, R., Garcia, P.A., Esquivel, J. and Ortiz, R., Effects of adding cladode and epidermis extracts of Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia atropes to aerobic mesophilic bacteria and total coliforms in bovine raw milk, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4(3): 45-55 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2302 




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