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Microemulsions Of Cinnamon And Orange Oils As An Antimicrobial Delivery System For Salmonella Biofilms On Stainless Steel, Jennifer Vuia-Riser
Microemulsions Of Cinnamon And Orange Oils As An Antimicrobial Delivery System For Salmonella Biofilms On Stainless Steel, Jennifer Vuia-Riser
Doctoral Dissertations
Essential oils (EOs) are natural antimicrobials that can be used to develop intervention strategies to inhibit pathogens, but EOs are lipophilic. Colloidal systems, such as microemulsions, are needed for food industry applications. This dissertation focused on the development and characterization of a microemulsion composed of cinnamon oil (CO, Cinnamomum zeylanicum) and orange oil (OO, Citrus sinensis) to be used against Salmonella Enteritidis H4267 biofilms formed on stainless steel disc surfaces.
First, the antimicrobial activity of CO and OO against S. Enteritidis H4267, either used in combination or in a microemulsion system, was determined. CO had a greater antimicrobial …