Antimicrobial properties of selected essential oils in vapour phase against foodborne bacteria

Food Control

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-160

  Nedorostova, Lenka ^a   Kloucek, Pavel ^a   Kokoska, Ladislav ^a   Stolcova, Miluse ^a   Pulkrabek, Josef ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Foodborne bacteria; Vapour phase

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA; MENTHA VILLOSA; NEPETA; NEPETA FAASSENII; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SATUREJA MONTANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS PULEGIOIDES; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 50849129145     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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