A study of the synergistic antilisterial effects of a sub-lethal dose of lactic acid and essential oils from Thymus vulgaris L., Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Origanum vulgare L.

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 774-782

  Dimitrijević, Suzana I ^a   Mihajlovski, Katarina R ^b   Antonović, Dušan G ^a   Milanović Stevanović, Mirjana R ^c   Mijin, Dušan Ž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; L. monocytogenes; Lactic acid; Oregano oil; Rosemary oil; Synergy; Thyme oil

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 2 CYMENE; 3 OCTANOL; 3 OCTANONE; 4 CYMENE; ABSINTHOL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOBORNEOL; LACTIC ACID; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; MYRCENOL; OCIMENE; ORIGANUM VULGARE OIL; PINENE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS OIL; SABINENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYME OIL; TRICYCLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG POTENTIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; LETHAL DOSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OREGANO; ROSEMARY; THYME;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34247499121     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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