Effect of some essential oils as natural food preservatives on commercial grated carrots

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-287

  Romeo, Flora V ^a   De Luca, Serena ^a   Piscopo, Amalia ^a   De Salvo, Emanuela ^a   Poiana, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrots; Citronellal; Cupressaceae; Cupressus sempervirens; Essential oil composition; Geranial; Lamiaceae; Lippia citriodora; Melissa officinalis; Neral; Preservatives; Verbenaceae; pinene; 3 carene

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSACEAE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; GERANIAL; LAMIACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; OXYGEN; STRAIN;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ALOYSIA TRIPHYLLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS LIMON; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DAUCUS CAROTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMIACEAE; LIPPIA; LISTERIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; VERBENA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 77952697965     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2010.9700325     Document Type: Article

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