Application of essential oils as preservatives in food systems: challenges and future prospectives–a review

QA Al-Maqtari, A Rehman, AA Mahdi, W Al-Ansi… - Phytochemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The production of safe foods with little or no artificial preservatives is one of the foremost
leading challenges for food manufacturing industries because synthetic antimicrobial agents …

Cationic polymers with tailored structures for rendering polysaccharide-based materials antimicrobial: An overview

Y Pan, Q Xia, H Xiao - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial polymers have attracted substantial interest due to high demands on
improving the health of human beings via reducing the infection caused by various bacteria …

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 …

Disruption of metabolic function and redox homeostasis as antibacterial mechanism of Lindera glauca fruit essential oil against Shigella flexneri

F Chen, X Miao, Z Lin, Y Xiu, L Shi, Q Zhang, D Liang… - Food Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Current trend in food safety and public health is focusing on the use of natural
antimicrobials. The Lindera glauca fruit with rich resource and essential oil has emerged as …

Large-Scale Screening of 239 Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plant Extracts for Their Antibacterial Activities against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and …

G Kim, RY Gan, D Zhang, AK Farha, O Habimana… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Novel alternative antibacterial compounds have been persistently explored from plants as
natural sources to overcome antibiotic resistance leading to serious foodborne bacterial …

Biological Activities of Citrus limon L. and Citrus sinensis L. Peel Essential Oils

G Akarca, R Sevik - Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the composition of essential oils (EOs) obtained from Citrus limon L. and Citrus
sinensis L. peels and their biological activities on foodborne pathogenic bacteria and food …

Potential of Essential Oils in the Control of Listeria monocytogenes

G Schneider, A Steinbach, Á Putics, Á Solti-Hodován… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen, the causative agent of listeriosis.
Infections typically occur through consumption of foods, such as meats, fisheries, milk …

Chemical Composition of Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) (Maiden & Betche) Cheel Essential Oil and Its Antifungal Effect on Foodborne Molds Isolated from Meat …

R Sevik, G Akarca, M Kilinc… - Journal of Essential oil …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the composition of the essential oil of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) leaves
and the antifungal effects of the essential oil on food-borne molds isolated from meat …

Activity of antibacterial phytochemicals and their potential use as natural food preservatives

R Sweet, PA Kroon, MA Webber - Critical Reviews in Food Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The risk to human health from bacterial foodborne infection is presently controlled by the
addition of antimicrobial preservatives to food. However, the use of chemical preservatives …

Application of nanotechnology to boost the functional and preservative properties of essential oils

A Kumar, P Singh, V Gupta, B Prakash - Functional and preservative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Essential oils (EOs) of aromatic plants are complex mixtures of volatile compounds such as
terpenes, phenolics, ketones, alcohols, esters, amines, amides, etc. In general, most of the …