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| Title |
Essential Oils: Sources of Antimicrobials and Food Preservatives
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02161 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Abhay K. Pandey, Pradeep Kumar, Pooja Singh, Nijendra N. Tripathi, Vivek K. Bajpai |
| Abstract |
Aromatic and medicinal plants produce essential oils in the form of secondary metabolites. These essential oils can be used in diverse applications in food, perfume, and cosmetic industries. The use of essential oils as antimicrobials and food preservative agents is of concern because of several reported side effects of synthetic oils. Essential oils have the potential to be used as a food preservative for cereals, grains, pulses, fruits, and vegetables. In this review, we briefly describe the results in relevant literature and summarize the uses of essential oils with special emphasis on their antibacterial, bactericidal, antifungal, fungicidal, and food preservative properties. Essential oils have pronounced antimicrobial and food preservative properties because they consist of a variety of active constituents (e.g., terpenes, terpenoids, carotenoids, coumarins, curcumins) that have great significance in the food industry. Thus, the various properties of essential oils offer the possibility of using natural, safe, eco-friendly, cost-effective, renewable, and easily biodegradable antimicrobials for food commodity preservation in the near future. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| India | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 3 | 38% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 683 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 681 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 81 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 78 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 9% |
| Researcher | 52 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 44 | 6% |
| Other | 112 | 16% |
| Unknown | 256 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 123 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 57 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 27 | 4% |
| Engineering | 25 | 4% |
| Other | 110 | 16% |
| Unknown | 293 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2019.
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