representativeness and characteristics
of the tested food-related bacteria, two Gram-positive (B. cereus
and S. aureus) and one Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli) were
selected for further study to explore the antibacterial mechanism
of sucrose monocaprate. The integrity of the cell membrane was
determined by measuring the release of cell constituents including
protein, reducing sugar and the absorbance at 260 nm of the supernatant
of tested bacteria. Table 2 shows the release of cell constituents
when B. cereus, S. aureus and E. coli were treated with
sucrose monocaprate for 6 h