Aromatic and spice plants: Uses in food safety

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gaysinsky, Sylvia ^a   Weiss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Essential oils; Inhibition; Phytophenols; Secondary metabolites; Spices

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348977062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.4.5     Document Type: Review

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