Characterization of the essential oil volatiles of Satureja thymbra and Satureja parnassica: Influence of harvesting time and antimicrobial activity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3139-3145

  Chorianopoulos, Nikos ^a   Evergetis, Epameinontas ^a   Mallouchos, Athanasios ^a   Kalpoutzakis, Eleftherios ^b   Nychas, George John ^a   Haroutounian, Serkos A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oil; Food preservation; MIC; NIC; Satureja sp.; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; TERPENE; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTROL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SAVORY; SEASON; VOLATILIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; SATUREJA; SEASONS; THYMOL; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SATUREJA; SATUREJA THYMBRA;

EID: 33646504091     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf053183n     Document Type: Article

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