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Flower Extracts and Their Essential Oils as Potential Antimicrobial Agents for Food Uses and Pharmaceutical Applications

  1. Han Ching Voon,
  2. Rajeev Bhat,
  3. Gulam Rusul

Article first published online: 13 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2011.00169.x

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Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volume 11, Issue 1, pages 34–55, January 2012

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Voon, H. C., Bhat, R. and Rusul, G. (2012), Flower Extracts and Their Essential Oils as Potential Antimicrobial Agents for Food Uses and Pharmaceutical Applications. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 11: 34–55. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2011.00169.x

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  1. Authors are with Food Technology Div., School of Industrial Technology

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  1. Issue published online: 13 DEC 2011
  2. Article first published online: 13 DEC 2011
  3. MS 20110898 Submitted 7/26/2011, Accepted 9/26/2011.

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