Comparison of the inhibitory and lethal effects of synthetic versions of plant metabolites (anethole, carvacrol, eugenol, and thymol) on a food spoilage yeast (Debaromyces hansenii)

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-73

  Curtis, O F ^a   Shetty, K ^a   Cassagnol, G ^a   Peleg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0001932541     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905439609549901     Document Type: Review

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