Increase in activity of essential oil components carvacrol and thymol against Escherichia coli O157:H7 by addition of food stabilizers

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 919-926

  Burt, Sara A ^a   Vlielander, René ^a,b   Haagsman, Henk P ^a   Veldhuizen, Edwin J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORIGANUM VULGARE; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 18444371490     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.5.919     Document Type: Article

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