Antibacterial activity of oregano essential oil against foodborne pathogens

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Cattelan, Mariandacute lia Goncandcedil alves ^a   de Castilhos, Maurício Bonatto Machado ^a   Sales, Priscila Juliana Pinsetta ^a   Hoffmann, Fernando Leite ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Essential oil; Food preservation; Foodborne; In vitro; Oils; Oregano

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875042134     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651311313544     Document Type: Article

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