Chemical composition and bioactivity of different oregano (Origanum vulgare) extracts and essential oil

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2707-2714

  Teixeira, Bárbara ^a,b   Marques, António ^a   Ramos, Cristina ^a   Serrano, Carmo ^c   Matos, Olívia ^c   Neng, Nuno R ^d   Nogueira, José M F ^d   Saraiva, Jorge Alexandre ^b   Nunes, Maria Leonor ^a  

^a Unit of Upgrading of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (U VPPA)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Research Unit of Food Technology   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antioxidant activity; Aqueous extracts; Essential oil; Ethanol extracts; Oregano

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHEMISTRY; ORIGANUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84880141377     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6089     Document Type: Article

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