Essential Oils as Natural Food Antimicrobial Agents: A Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1320-1323

  Vergis, Jess ^a   Gokulakrishnan, P ^a   Agarwal, R K ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

antimicrobial property; Essential oils; natural; packaging; pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SHALE; OILS AND FATS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PATHOGENS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; NATURAL; NATURAL-ANTIMICROBIALS; PACKAGED PRODUCTS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE;

EID: 84926340895     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.692127     Document Type: Article

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