Essential Oils and Their Major Components: An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry

Angane, Manasweeta; Swift, Simon; Huang, Kang; A. Butts, Christine; Young Quek, Siew

doi:10.3390/foods11030464

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Essential Oils and Their Major Components: An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry

Published in Foods • Feb 4, 2022

Authors:

Manasweeta Angane

Simon Swift

Kang Huang

Abstract

A novel alternative to synthetic preservatives is the use of natural products such as essential oil (EO) as a natural food-grade preservative. EOs are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS), so they could be considered an alternative way to increase the shelf-life of highly perishable food products by ...

Subject

Food industry

Preservative

Food Preservatives

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