Screening of antifungal properties of essential oils extracted from sweet basil, fennel, summer savory and thyme against postharvest phytopathogenic fungi

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Abdollahi, Ali ^a   Hassani, Abbas ^b   Ghosta, Youbert ^b   Meshkatalsadat, Mohamad Hadi ^c   Shabani, Razieh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c QOM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOENICULUM VULGARE; FUNGI; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79960974223     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2011.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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