Bactericidal activities of plant essential oils and some of their isolated constituents against Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella enterica

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1545-1560

  Friedman, Mendel ^a   Henika, Philip R ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; ARALIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS LIMON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDENIA; JASMINUM; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PIMENTA DIOICA; POGOSTEMON CABLIN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS VULGARIS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0036802569     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-65.10.1545     Document Type: Article

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