Synergistic effect of thymol and carvacrol combined with chelators and organic acids against Salmonella Typhimurium

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1704-1709

  Zhou, Feng ^a   Ji, Baoping ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Jiang, Hui ^a   Yang, Zhiwei ^a   Li, Jingjing ^a   Li, Jihai ^b   Ren, Yali ^a   Yan, Wenjie ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34447540207     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.7.1704     Document Type: Article

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