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FOOD CONTROL
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 1851-1855Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.04.025
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Antimicrobial; Disinfection; Essential oil; Mint oil; Basil oil; Minimally processed food; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Salmonella typhimurim
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In this research, mint and basil essential oils at concentrations of 0.01 ml/L, 0.032 ml/L or 0.08 ml/L were used for disinfection treatments of fresh-cut lettuce and purslane samples inoculated with Salmonella typhimurium or Escherichia coli O157:H7. Disinfection treatment time was applied as 10 min (short) or 15 min (long). Disinfected samples were packaged aerobically and stored at refrigerator +4 degrees C for 7 days. It was observed that mint and basil essential oils showed antimicrobial effect on the survival of E. coli O157:H7 and S. typhimurium inoculated into lettuce and purslane samples during refrigerated storage. Mint essential oil showed higher antimicrobial effect on pathogens when compared to basil essential oil. Mint and basil essential oils at concentration of 0.08 ml/L were the most effective antimicrobial treatment against pathogens in two different vegetable. S. typhimurium was more resistant against basil oil in lettuce samples when compared to its resistance against basil oil in purslane samples, whereas E. coli O157:H7 was more resistant to mint oil in purslane samples when compared to its resistance against mint oil in lettuce samples. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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