Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Ginger Essential Oil against <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Though essential oils exhibit antibacterial activity against food pathogens, their underlying mechanism is understudied. We extracted ginger essential oil (GEO) using supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> and steam distillation. A chemical composition comparison by GC-MS showed that the main comp...

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Main Authors: Xin Wang, Yi Shen, Kiran Thakur, Jinzhi Han, Jian-Guo Zhang, Fei Hu, Zhao-Jun Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/17/3955