%0 Journal Article
%T Antimicrobial activity of essential oils of three herbs against Listeria monocytogenes on chicken frankfurters
%A Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti
%A Ebrahim Rahimi
%A Sayed Ali Moosavi
%J Acta agriculturae Slovenica
%@ 1854-1941
%D 2010
%I University of Ljubljana
%R 10.2478/v10014-010-0013-1
%X Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen responsible for listeriosis. The inhibitory effect of essential oils (1% v/w) of Thymus daenensis Celak (Lamiaceae), Thymbra spicata L. (Lamiaceae) and Satureja bachtiarica Bunge (Lamiaceae) applied to the surface of chicken frankfurters was determined on L. monocytogenes inoculated at low (103 CFU/g) and high (106 CFU/g) populations and stored for seven and 14 days. The results showed that L. monocytogenes populations increased during seven and 14 days of storage at 4 ˇăC on control frankfurters without essential oil. The application of 1 % essential oil (v/w) of herbs to frankfurter surfaces can significantly reduce (p<0.05) the L. monocytogenes populations as compared to control in two inocula treatments after seven and 14 days of storage at 4 ˇăC.
%K Iranian medicinal herbs
%K Listeria monocytogenes
%K chicken frankfurters
%K essential oil
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/q172073m23211180/?p=27a0524b8e9a4626b9a05d673af1a8be&pi=0