Potential antimicrobial uses of essential oils in food: is citrus the answer?

By K. Fisher, C. Phillips. 2008

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Subfields: Food Science, Pharmacology, Plant Science

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Antimicrobial activity of alginate/clay nanocomposite films enriched with essential oils against three common foodborne pathogens (2014, background): “Fisher & Phillips, 2008 noted that essential oils contain around 85e99% volatile and 1e15% non-volatile components.”
Antimicrobial Activity of Some Essential Oils—Present Status and Future Perspectives (2017, background): “This has resulted in the strong demand of new antibiotics by consumers against pathogens [6] and an interest has been developed by the scientific community for using herbal medicines with antimicrobial properties.”
Antimicrobial herb and spice compounds in food. (2010, background): “diarrhea Black and green tea, cinnamaldehyde and carvacrol Friedman (2007), Arques et al.”
Chitosan-Based Coating with Antimicrobial Agents: Preparation, Property, Mechanism, and Application Effectiveness on Fruits and Vegetables (2016, background): “Binding of bacterial trace metals by chitosan could inhibit the production of bacterial toxins and the microbial growth [106, 107].”
Ternary PLA–PHB–Limonene blends intended for biodegradable food packaging applications (2014, background): “It was found that D-limonene is easily absorbed for plastic polymers [20] and also it has no effect on aroma quality on foodstuff [21].”
Antifungal Activity of Plant Essential Oils Against Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium italicum and Penicillium digitatum (2013, background): “Citrus oils are generally recognised as safe (GRAS) and have been found to be inhibitory both in direct oil and vapour form against a range of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (Fisher and Phillips, 2008).”
Improvement of the antioxidant status of tropical fruits as a secondary response to some postharvest treatments (2010, neutral): “Ethanol has been related with the induction of ROS scavenging enzymes such as SOD, POD, CAT, among others (Chanjirakul et al., 2006), while acetaldehyde induces antifungal compounds such as limonene and phytoalexins (Fisher & Phillips, 2008).”