Antifungal efficacy of thymol, carvacrol, eugenol and menthol as alternative agents to control the growth of food-relevant fungi

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Abbaszadeh, S ^a   Sharifzadeh, A ^b   Shokri, H ^c   Khosravi, A R ^b   Abbaszadeh, A ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c AMOL UNIVERSITY OF SPECIAL MODERN TECHNOLOGIES   (Iran)

^d KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Carvacrol; Eugenol; Foodborne; Fungi; Menthol; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; EUGENOL; METHANOL; THYMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MENTHOL; TERPENE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM FUNGICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PENICILLIUM;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; EUGENOL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MENTHOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; PENICILLIUM; THYMOL;

EID: 84902536143     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2014.01.063     Document Type: Article

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