Antimicrobials from Plants - Food Preservation and Shelf-Life Extension

Comprehensive Biotechnology, Second Edition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 645-658

  Shao, S ^a   Zhou, T ^a   Tsao, R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allyl isothiocyanate; Antimicrobial; Essential oil; Monoterpenoids; Phytochemicals; Postharvest shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012816865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-088504-9.00321-4     Document Type: Chapter

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