Antibacterial activity and mechanism of cinnamon essential oil against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

Food Control

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 282-289

  Zhang, Yunbin ^a   Liu, Xiaoyu ^a   Wang, Yifei ^a   Jiang, Pingping ^a   Quek, SiewYoung ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antibacterial mechanism; Bacterial membrane permeability and integrity; Essential oil; Foodborne spoilage and pathogenic bacteria; SEM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM VERUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84934788658     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.05.032     Document Type: Article

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