Essential Oils Applied in Food: A Review

Brazilian Journal of Food Research

Antonia Elaine Frutuoso¹  Daniele Maria Alves Teixeira³  Evando Luis Coelho¹  Nágila Teotonio do Nascimento²  Telma Leda Gomes de Lemos⁴ 

[1] IFCE- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e tecnologia do Ceará, Campus Limoeiro do Norte;UECE - Universidade Estadual do Ceará;IFCE- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e tecnologia do Ceará, Campus Sobral;UFC - Universidade Federal do Ceará

关键词: Volatile Oils;    Antimicrobials;    Conservation;   

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学科分类：解剖和生理学

来源: Universidade Tecnica Federal do Parana

【 摘 要 】

Foods present an excellent intrinsic composition to the development of microorganisms with broad range of pathogenic species, undesirable for consumer health. Given this reality and seeking new natural techniques for food preservation, the addition of essential oils becomes a potential bio conservation system, capable to extend food shelf life. This paper aims to report what has been researched using essential oils of vegetable origin, their properties and their incorporation as antimicrobial components in food. Essential oils have different bioactive properties such as antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and fungicide, being from different plant sources, such asCymbopogon citratus(DC) Stapf (Cy),Rosmarinus officinalisL,Ocimum gratissimumL,Eugenia caryophyllatathumb,Cinnamomum zeylanicumNess. The essential oils can be obtained by different techniques, being the most used the steam distillation, cold pressing, extraction by organic solvents, high pressure or supercritical CO 2 . The action mechanism by which the majority of essential oils exerts its antibacterial effect involves the cell wall. Studies increasingly accurate reflect their fundamental importance for the food industry, since there are countless possibilities for integration of these constituents in food products aiming to increase their useful life as well as help to further the ways to establish food safety. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14685/rebrapa.v4i2.134

【 授权许可】

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