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

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

Nowadays, essential oils are used in different products such as food as natural antioxidants, antibacterial and flavoring compounds (1). Essential oils are used as a replacement for chemical preservatives such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and tertiary butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) that can threaten human health as cancer promoters (2). Nearly 3000 different essential oils are known today, and ...

bioactivity of apium petroselinum and portulaca oleracea essential oils as natural preservatives

Application of essential oils as natural cosmetic preservatives

Nowadays, safety of chemical preservatives has been questioned by a big number of consumers. Traditionally used preservatives often cause skin irritation and lead to allergenic reactions. Growing demands for more natural and preservative-free cosmetics promoted an idea of the replacement of synthetic preservatives with essential oils (EOs) of antimicrobial properties. The antimicrobial effect o...

Application of Zataria multiflora Boiss. and Cinnamon zeylanicum essential oils as two natural preservatives in cake

Objective: Oxidation of oils has an important effect on nutritional and organoleptic properties of foodstuffs. Nowadays, new tendency has created a necessity to use natural compounds such as essential oils for producing functional foods. In this study, antioxidant, antifungal, and organoleptic properties of Zataria multiflora Boiss.(ZMEO) and Cinnamon zeylanicum essential oils (CZEO) have been ...

Application of Zataria multiflora Boiss. and Cinnamon zeylanicum essential oils as two natural preservatives in cake

OBJECTIVE Oxidation of oils has an important effect on nutritional and organoleptic properties of foodstuffs. Nowadays, new tendency has created a necessity to use natural compounds such as essential oils for producing functional foods. In this study, antioxidant, antifungal, and organoleptic properties of Zataria multiflora Boiss. (ZMEO) and Cinnamon zeylanicum essential oils (CZEO) have been ...