Microbial decontamination by low dose gamma irradiation and its impact on the physico-chemical quality of peppermint (Mentha piperita)

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 604-607

  Machhour, Hasna ^a   El Hadrami, Ismail ^a   Imziln, Boujamaa ^a   Mouhib, Mohamed ^b   Mahrouz, Mostafa ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Escherichia coli; Essential oils; Ionizing radiation; Peppermint; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; LOW DOSE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIAL DECONTAMINATION; PEPPERMINT; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY; POLYPHENOLS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; QUALITY PARAMETERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; GAMMA RAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS OILS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

ESSENTIAL OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 79251643645     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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