The antimicrobial efficacy of Lippia alba essential oil and its interaction with food ingredients

The antimicrobial efficacy of Lippia alba essential oil and its interaction with food ingredients

The objective of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of Lippia alba essential oil (EOLa) and to investigate the effect of food ingredients on its efficacy. The antimicrobial potential of the oil was determined by the presence or absence of inhibition zones, minimum inhibitory conc...

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Main Authors: Terezinha Feitosa Machado, Nádia Accioly P. Nogueira, Rita de Cássia Alves Pereira, Cívita Teixeira de Sousa, ValériaChaves Vasconcelos Batista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2014-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
essential oil
antimicrobial
food ingredient
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000200045&lng=en&tlng=en

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