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. 2016 Aug 30;36(4):547–557. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2016.36.4.547

Table 2. Natural preservatives of animal origin.

Examples Sources Bacterial target References
Chitosan Crustaceans and arthropods Antifungal and antimicrobial activity Ben-Shalom et al., 2003; Je and Kim, 2006; Liu et al., 2006
Defensin Vertebrates and invertebrates Bacteria, fungi, and virus Ganz, 2003
Dermaseptin S4 Frog skin Bacteria, fungi, and virus Mor and Nicolas, 1994
Lactoperxoidase Milk Gram-negative and -positive bacteria Russell, 1991; de Wit and van Hooydonk, 1996
Lactoferrin Milk Gram-negative and -positive bacteria, fungi, and parasites Al-Nabulsi and Holley, 2005
Lipids Milk, animal Gram-negative and -positive bacteria Isaacs et al., 1990; Lampe et al., 1998; Wang and Johnson, 1997
Lysozyme Chicken egg whites Gram-negative and -positive bacteria Tiwari et al., 2009
Magainin African clawed frog Gram-negative and -positive bacteria Zasloff et al., 1988
Ovotranferrin Egg S. aureus and E. coli Ibrahim et al., 2000
Pleurocidin Skin of winter flounder Bacteria, fungi, and virus Cole et al., 1997
PR-39 Porcine Gram-negative and -positive bacteria Shi et al., 1996