Antimicrobial activity of Essential oils against four food-borne fungal strains

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series B: Chemistry and Materials Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-98

  Ferdeş, Mariana ^a   Ungureanu, Camelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Aspergillus niger; Essential oils; Fusarium oxysporum; Monascus purpureus; Penicillium hirsutum

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; PENICILLIUM HIRSUTUM;

ASPERGILLUS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 84865113815     PISSN: 14542331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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