Physical and antimicrobial properties of peppermint oil nanoemulsions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 7548-7555

  Liang, Rong ^a,b   Xu, Shiqi ^b   Shoemaker, Charles F ^c   Li, Yue ^a   Zhong, Fang ^a   Huang, Qingrong ^b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; Gram positive bacteria; medium chain triacylglycerol; nanoemulsions; peppermint oil

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NANO-EMULSIONS; PEPPERMINT OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

BACTERIA; EMULSIFICATION; ESSENTIAL OILS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GLYCEROL; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

LOADING;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOPOLYMER; ESSENTIAL OIL; NANOMATERIAL; PEPPERMINT OIL; STARCH; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EMULSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISCOSITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPOLYMERS; EMULSIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OILS, VOLATILE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT OILS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STARCH; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTHA X PIPERITA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864749488     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf301129k     Document Type: Article

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