Chemical characterization and antibacterial activity of Thymus moroderi and Thymus piperella essential oils, two Thymus endemic species from southeast of Spain

Food Control

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-299

  Ruiz Navajas, Y ^a   Viuda Martos, M ^a   Sendra, E ^a   Perez Alvarez, J A ^a   Fernandez Lopez J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Chemical composition; Essential oils; GC MS; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AMNIGENUS; ENTEROBACTER GERGOVIAE; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC CARNOSUM; LISTERIA INNOCUA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; SERRATIA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; THYMUS PIPERELLA;

EID: 84860519959     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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