Antimicrobial efficiency of chitosan coating enriched with bioactive compounds to improve the safety of fresh cut broccoli

LWT

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-87

  Alvarez, María V ^a,b   Ponce, Alejandra G ^a,b   Moreira, María del R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biopreservation; Edible coatings; Minimally processed vegetables; Native microflora; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; TEA;

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION; BIOPRESERVATION; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; EDIBLE COATING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMALLY PROCESSED VEGETABLES; NATIVE MICROFLORA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYTHRACEAE; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84866430152     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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