Antimicrobial effectiveness of spices: an approach for use in food conservation systems

There has been constant an increasing the search alternative and efficient compounds for food conservation, aiming a partial or total replacement of antimicrobial chemical additives. Spices offer a promising alternative for food safety. Inhibitory activity of spices and derivatives on the growth of...

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Main Authors: Evandro Leite de Souza, Tânia Lúcia Montenegro Stamford, Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima, Vinícius Nogueira Trajano, José Maria Barbosa Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2005-07-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000500007