Antibacterial, antifungal, antimycotoxigenic, and antioxidant activities of essential oils: An updated review

A Mutlu-Ingok, D Devecioglu, DN Dikmetas… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The interest in using natural antimicrobials instead of chemical preservatives in food
products has been increasing in recent years. In regard to this, essential oils—natural and …

Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Nanoparticles—Attractive carriers of antimicrobial essential oils

A Nair, R Mallya, V Suvarna, TA Khan, M Momin… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial pathogens are the most prevalent cause of chronic infections and fatalities around
the world. Antimicrobial agents including antibiotics have been frequently utilized in the …

Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of chitosan nanoparticles loaded with Ocimum basilicum L. essential oil

M Cai, Y Wang, R Wang, M Li, W Zhang, J Yu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoencapsulation has been verified to be an effective technique to improve the physical
stability of essential oils. In this study, Ocimum basilicum L. essential oil (BEO) was …

Recent development of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-based materials for antibacterial applications: a review

S Ladhari, NN Vu, C Boisvert, A Saidi… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The diseases caused by microorganisms are innumerable existing on this planet.
Nevertheless, increasing antimicrobial resistance has become an urgent global challenge …

Cellulose nanofibrils reinforced chitosan-gelatin based hydrogel loaded with nanoemulsion of oregano essential oil for diabetic wound healing assisted by low level …

SA Razack, Y Lee, H Shin, S Duraiarasan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diabetic foot ulcers are imperfections in the process of wound healing due to hyperglycemic
conditions. Here, a nanoemulgel fabricated with oregano essential oil nanoemulsion …

Micro-and nano-encapsulation as tools for essential oils advantages' exploitation in food applications: The case of oregano essential oil

F Plati, A Paraskevopoulou - Food and bioprocess technology, 2022 - Springer
In the twenty-first century, finding a “greener solution” against synthetic preservatives
consists of one of the challenges in food preservation. Oregano essential oil (OEO) has …

Developing nano-delivery systems for agriculture and food applications with nature-derived polymers

K Sampathkumar, KX Tan, SCJ Loo - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
The applications of nanotechnology are wide ranging, and developing functional
nanomaterials for agri-food applications from nature-derived polymers is widely conceived …

Polysaccharides as wall material for the encapsulation of essential oils by electrospun technique

EJD de Souza, DH Kringel, ARG Dias… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a versatile, inexpensive and reliable technique for the synthesis of
nanometric fibers or particles from polymeric solutions, under a high voltage electric field …

Essential oil nanoemulsion as eco-friendly and safe preservative: Bioefficacy against microbial food deterioration and toxin secretion, mode of action, and future …

A Maurya, VK Singh, S Das, J Prasad, A Kedia… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microbes are the biggest shareholder for the quantitative and qualitative deterioration of
food commodities at different stages of production, transportation, and storage, along with …