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 …

A novel alternative to synthetic preservatives is the use of natural products such as essential
oil (EO) as a natural food-grade preservative. EOs are Generally Recognized as Safe …

The essential oil fraction obtained from the rind of Citrus spp. is rich in chemical compounds
of interest for the food and perfume industries, and therefore has been extensively studied …

Limonene, mainly found as a major component in Citrus spp., has been proven to possess a
valuable potential as sustainable replacement to synthetic pesticides and food …

Increasing concerns over the use of antimicrobial growth promoters in animal production
has prompted the need to explore the use of natural alternatives such as phytogenic …

In this work, the chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of fourteen
species of citrus essential oils (EOs) from the main cultivated varieties in China were …

This study investigated chemical composition, cytotoxicity in normal and cancer cells, and
antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the essential oil (EO) isolated by hydrodistillation …

Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is an often disease affecting piglets. It is caused mainly by
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) colonization in pig gut. Antibiotics has been used to …

Contamination by Listeria monocytogenes is a particularly challenging problem in the food
industry due to the ability of the bacterium to develop under conditions normally used for …

Chitosan-based films incorporated with lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) essential oil
(LEO) were developed and their properties as an active food packaging were investigated …