Efficacy of various plant hydrosols as natural food sanitizers in reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium on fresh cut carrots and apples

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Tornuk, Fatih ^a   Cankurt, Hasan ^a   Ozturk, Ismet ^a   Sagdic, Osman ^a   Bayram, Okan ^a   Yetim, Hasan ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Natural sanitizer; Plant hydrosols; S. Typhimurium; Shredded apples and carrots

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRESERVATIVE; TAP WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; ROSEMARY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THYME;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAUCUS CAROTA; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MALUS; NIGELLA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURKEY;

DAUCUS CAROTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NIGELLA SATIVA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79957898068     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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