Plant essential oils as food preservatives to control moulds, mycotoxin contamination and oxidative deterioration of agri-food commodities - Potentials and challenges

Food Control

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 381-391

  Prakash, Bhanu ^a   Kedia, Akash ^a   Mishra, Prashant Kumar ^a   Dubey, N K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Essential oils; Moulds; Mycotoxin; Preservative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905638553     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.023     Document Type: Review

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