Essential oils and their application in food safety

A Maurya, J Prasad, S Das, AK Dwivedy - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Food industries are facing a great challenge due to contamination of food products with
different microbes such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, etc. These microbes deteriorate …

Back to Nature: Medicinal plants as promising sources for antibacterial drugs in the post-antibiotic era

EM Abdallah, BY Alhatlani, R de Paula Menezes… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Undoubtedly, the advent of antibiotics in the 19th century had a substantial impact,
increasing human life expectancy. However, a multitude of scientific investigations now …

Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants and their constituents in the context of skin and wound infections, considering European legislation and folk medicine—a …

S Bittner Fialová, K Rendeková, P Mučaji… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial infections of skin and wounds may seriously decrease the quality of life and even
cause death in some patients. One of the largest concerns in their treatment is the growing …

Natural bioactives in perspective: The future of active packaging based on essential oils and plant extracts themselves and those complexed by cyclodextrins

TR Arruda, PC Bernardes, ARF e Moraes… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming to attend to consumers' increasing demand for synthetic additives-free food products
(stimulated by personal preferences or health concerns), the food industry has been trying to …

An Overview of Metabolic Activity, Beneficial and Pathogenic Aspects of Burkholderia Spp.

HS Elshafie, I Camele - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Burkholderia is an important bacterial species which has different beneficial effects, such as
promoting the plant growth, including rhizosphere competence for the secretion of …

GC–MS, quantum mechanics calculation and the antifungal activity of river red gum essential oil when applied to four natural textiles

AS Taha, IHM Ibrahim, WAA Abo-Elgat… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The most important uses of old fabrics include clothing, mummification, and bookbinding.
However, because they are predominantly constructed of natural materials, they are …

Quorum sensing-a promising tool for degradation of industrial waste containing persistent organic pollutants

S Tripathi, R Chandra, D Purchase, M Bilal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Restoring an environment contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is highly
challenging. Biodegradation by biofilm-forming bacteria through quorum sensing (QS) is a …

Evaluation of Insecticidal Effects of Plants Essential Oils Extracted from Basil, Black Seeds and Lavender against Sitophilus oryzae

NA Al-Harbi, NM Al Attar, DM Hikal, SE Mohamed… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The risk of using synthetic insecticides to the environment, human health, and the
emergence of new genera of pests resistant to that kind of drugs, have led to attention in …

Citronellal Exerts Its Antifungal Activity by Targeting Ergosterol Biosynthesis in Penicillium digitatum

Q OuYang, Y Liu, OR Oketch, M Zhang, X Shao, N Tao - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ergosterol (ERG) is a potential target for the development of antifungal agents against
Penicillium digitatum, the pathogen of green mold in citrus fruits. This study examined the …

Thymus serpyllum Essential Oil and Its Biological Activity as a Modern Food Preserver

L Galovičová, P Borotová, V Valková, NL Vukovic… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition and biological and antibiofilm
activity of the essential oil (EO) of Thymus serpyllum with the use of a MALDI-TOF MS …