Antibacterial effect against foodborne bacteria of plants used in traditional medicine in central Mexico: Studies in vitro and in raw beef

Food Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 289-295

  Cruz Galvez, Andrés M ^a   Gómez Aldapa, Carlos A ^a   Villagómez Ibarra, José R ^a   Chavarría Hernández, Norberto ^a   Rodríguez Baños, Julio ^a   Rangel Vargas, Esmeralda ^a   Castro Rosas, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Listeria monocytogenes; Medicinal plants; Raw beef; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELIDONIUM; CHELIDONIUM MAJUS; DENDROPANAX ARBOREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84872454928     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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