Antimicrobial activity of essential oils on the native microflora of organic Swiss chard

LWT

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 679-684

  Ponce, A G ^a   Fritz, R ^a   Del Valle, C ^a   Roura, S I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oils; Leafy vegetables; Microflora

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS CICLA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 0141727465     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-6438(03)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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