In vitro toxicological evaluation of essential oils and their main compounds used in active food packaging: A review

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-27

  Llana Ruiz Cabello, Maria ^a   Pichardo, Silvia ^a   Maisanaba, Sara ^a   Puerto, Maria ^a   Prieto, Ana I ^a   Gutiérrez Praena, Daniel ^a   Jos, Angeles ^a   Cameán, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Food packaging; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; APIGENIN; BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CARNOSIC ACID; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; CITRONELLAL; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIPROPYL DISULFIDE; DIPROPYL SULFIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GALLIC ACID; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINALYL ACETATE; MYRCENE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASIL; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CLOVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORIANDER; CURCUMA LONGA; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON MARTINI; CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; GARLIC; GENOTOXICITY; GINGER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMIACEAE; MARJORAM; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ONION; ORIGANUM; REVIEW; ROSEMARY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHELF LIFE; TEA; TEUCRIUM RAMOSISSIMUM; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THYME; TOXICOLOGY; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; PRODUCT SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA DAMAGE; EUROPE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84927708729     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.03.030     Document Type: Review

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