Essential oil vapour and negative air ions: A novel tool for food preservation

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-113

  Tyagi, Amit Kumar ^a,b   Malik, Anushree ^a   Gottardi, Davide ^b   Guerzoni, Maria Elisabetta ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PACKAGING; AIR IONIZERS; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREVENTION; FOOD SPOILAGE; IN-VITRO; NEGATIVE AIR ION;

FOOD PRESERVATION; MICROORGANISMS; VAPORS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 84865161875     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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