Effects of scents on airborne microbes, part I: Thymol, eugenol, trans-cinnamaldehyde and linalool

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-48

  Krist, Sabine ^a   Halwachs, Lydia ^a   Sallaberger, Georg ^a   Buchbauer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airborne microbes; Antimicrobial effect; Eugenol; Linalool; Thymol; Trans cinnamaldehyde

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MICROBIOLOGY; VAPORIZATION; YEAST;

AIRBORNE MICROBES; EUGENOL; LINALOOL; THYMOL; TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE;

FRAGRANCES;

CINNAMALDEHYDE; EUGENOL; LINALOOL; THYMOL;

AIR SAMPLER; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISINFECTION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

EID: 33846569001     PISSN: 08825734     EISSN: 10991026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1750     Document Type: Article

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