Antimicrobial activity of some plant extracts and essential oils against foodborne pathogens in vitro and on the fate of inoculated pathogens in chocolate

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Kotzekidou, P ^a   Giannakidis, P ^a   Boulamatsis, A ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Chocolate; Essential oils; Foodborne pathogens; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; FLAVORS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS;

ANTIMICROBIALS; CHOCOLATES; DISC DIFFUSION METHOD; FOODBORNE PATHOGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CITRUS LIMON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 35548954153     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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