Bioactivity of Apium petroselinum and Portulaca oleracea Essential Oils as Natural Preservatives

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran.
² Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IR Iran.

Reza Sharafati Chaleshtori et al. Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 14;8(3):e20128.

doi: 10.5812/jjm.20128. eCollection 2015 Mar.

¹ Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran.
² Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IR Iran.

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Keywords: Antimicrobial Agents; Essential oil; Food Preservatives; Meat.

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