Oregano essential oil-pectin edible films as anti-quorum sensing and food antimicrobial agents

Oregano essential oil-pectin edible films as anti-quorum sensing and food antimicrobial agents

Edible films can be used as carriers for antimicrobial compounds to assure food safety and quality; in addition, pathogenesis of food bacteria is related to a cell to cell communication mechanism called quorum sensing (QS). Oregano essential oil (OEO) has proved to be useful as food antimicrobial; h...

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Main Authors: Victoria eAlvarez, Luis Alberto eOrtega-Ramirez, Maria Melissa eGutierrez-Pacheco, Thalia eBernal-Mercado, Isela eRodriguez-Garcia, Alejandra ePonce, Maria del Rosario eMoreira, Sara eRoura, J. Fernando eAyala-Zavala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Cell Communication
Food Safety
natural compounds
Edible Coatings
Chromobacterium violaceum
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00699/full

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