Evaluation of the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oils, extracts and their main components from oregano from Madeira Island, Portugal

Food Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 552-558

  Castilho, Paula C ^a   Savluchinske Feio, Sonia ^a   Weinhold, Tatiana S ^a   Gouveia, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Essential oils; Extracts; Origanum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80053131642     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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