Antimicrobial Efficacy of Essential Oil Nanoemulsions
In: Nanotechnological Approaches in Food Microbiology ISBN: 9780429342776; (2020-12-27)
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In this world, we have the gift of God to have a wide range of flora and fauna to enjoy our life. The benefits of the unicellular to the multicellular organism in our day-to-day life can be ignored. Some are beneficial whereas some are responsible for so many types of infections and diseases. The biological agents are more preferred over the synthetic agents against the treatment or prevention of such infections and diseases. In this chapter, the role of plant metabolites is discussed which is used for the prevention, cure, and treatment of so many problems due to pathogens. The secondary metabolites of the plant, that is the essential oils, are not useful for the plants, but they are responsible for the specific aromatic flavour for the respective plants. Aromatherapy has been the widest field of application of essential oils since ancient times. But the problems associated with the solubility and stability of essential oils restricted their application in other areas. So a new thought gave rise to avoid the problems of essential oils in the form of nanoemulsions. Emulsions are the biphasic systems of oil-in-water or water-in-oil types. The formulation of nanoemulsions not only solved the physical properties of essential oils but also enhanced their applicability in the area of perfumery, natural pesticide, food preservatives, and finally as the larvicidal, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, repellent, and antiprotozoal activity.
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Essential Oil Nanoemulsions
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Padhi, Santwana ; Behera, Anindita ; Mittu, Bharti ; Singh, Ajay |
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Quelle: | Nanotechnological Approaches in Food Microbiology ISBN: 9780429342776; (2020-12-27) |
Veröffentlichung: | CRC Press, 2020 |
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ISBN: | 978-0-429-34277-6 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1201/9780429342776-12 |
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