Correlation between chemical composition of Greek essential oils and their antibacterial activity against food-borne pathogens

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-426

  Chorianopoulos, Nikos G ^a   Evergetis, Epameinontas T ^a   Aligiannis, Nektarios ^b   Mitakou, Sofia ^b   Nychas, George John E ^a   Haroutounian, Serkos A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Chemical composition; Essential oil; Food preservation; PCA

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AZULENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; DELTA CADINENE; DIMETHYL ETHER; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; HYDROCARBON; ISOMENTHONE; LIMONENE; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; MYRISTICIN; OCIMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINENE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENE; TETRACYCLINE; THYMOL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BASIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GREECE; HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INULA CRITHMOIDES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS DRUPACEA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MICROMERIA GRAECA; NEPETA ARGOLICA; NEPETA CAMPHORATE; NEPETA ORPHANIDEA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM DICTAMNUS; ORIGANUM MICROPHYLLUM; ORIGANUM ONITES; ORIGANUM SCABRUM; PHLOMIS SAMIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOVLAYA PUMILA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALVIA TRILOBA; SATUREJA PARNASSICA; SATUREJA SPINOSA; SATUREJA THYMBRA; SAVORY; SENECIO EUBAEUS; SIDERITIS; SIDERITIS CLANDESTINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (PLANT); THYMUS LEUCOSPERMUS; THYMUS LEUCOTRICHUS; THYMUS LONGICAULIS; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

EID: 77954023465     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700200413     Document Type: Article

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