Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of Brazilian species of the genus Cunila against foodborne pathogens and spoiling bacteria

Food Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 823-828

  Sandri, I G ^a   Zacaria, J ^a   Fracaro, F ^a   Delamare, A P L ^a   Echeverrigaray, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cunila; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

2,3 MENTHADIOL; ABSINTHOL; AROMADENDRENE; BETA CITRAL; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CUNILA GALIOIDES EXTRACT; DELTA CARENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIL ACETATE; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHA 2,8 DINEOL; MENTHENE; MENTHOFURAN; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PULEGONE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUNILA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CUNILA GALIOIDES; CUNILA INCISA; CUNILA METHOIDES; CUNILA MICROCEPHALA; CUNILA SPICATA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUNILA; CUNILA GALIOIDES; CUNILA MICROCEPHALA; CUNILA SPICATA; LAMIACEAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33847117211     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.09.032     Document Type: Article

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