Bactericidal action of lemon grass oil vapors and negative air ions

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Tyagi, Amit K ^a,b   Malik, Anushree ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E. coli; Lemon grass oil; Negative air ions; SPME GC MS; TEM; Vapor phase antimicrobial activity

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; LEMON GRASS OIL; NEGATIVE AIR IONS; SPME-GC-MS; VAPOR PHASE;

ASSAYS; BACTERICIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; INTEGRATION; IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

VAPORS;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857384998     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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