Essential oils for preserving perishable foods: Possibilities and limitations

Application of Alternative Food-Preservation Technologies to Enhance Food Safety and Stability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-57

  Speranza, Barbara ^a   Corbo, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

How they act against microorganisms to enhance shelf life of foods; Legal aspects; Safety data and toxicology; What are essential oils; What is their impact on food properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860782059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805096311001010035     Document Type: Chapter

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