Assessment of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf Essential Oil as Herbal Preservatives Based on Antifungal, Antiaflatoxin, and Antiochratoxin Activities and In Vivo Efficacy during Storage

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sonker, Nivedita ^a   Pandey, Abhay K ^a   Singh, Pooja ^a   Tripathi, N N ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Cymbopogon citratus oil; GC GC MS; Ochratoxin A; Storage fungi; Table grapes

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; FUNGI; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

AFLATOXIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; MYCOTOXIN; TERPENE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); VITIS;

AFLATOXINS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CYMBOPOGON; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; MONOTERPENES; MYCOTOXINS; OILS, VOLATILE; VITIS;

EID: 84897988528     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12390     Document Type: Article

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