. As above
mentioned, Takara et al. (2007) reported that SCM contains significant
amounts of phenolic compounds that inhibited bacterial
growth. Indeed, according to Almeida et al., 2007, some phenolic
compounds may act on biological membranes, causing loss of integrity
and weakly acidic phenolic compounds may destroy the
electrochemical gradient by transporting the protons back across
the mitochondrial and cytoplasmic membranes.