Claim · model-written summary
Limonene was the major essential oil component in Citrus limon.
- Taxon
- Citrus limon
Citrus ×limone0 - Organ / stage
- peelse0
- Outcome
- limonene as the major componente1
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Verbatim
e0“the essential oils extracted from the peels of Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus limon and Citrus sinensis”
e1“The chemical identification and quantification (by GC/FID and GC/MS) displayed the limonene as the major component of the three essential oils”
Title
Use of Essential Oils of the Genus Citrus as Biocidal Agents
Marcos S. Gomes; Maria das G. Cardoso; Maurilio J. Soares; et al. American Journal of Plant Sciences 2014. doi:10.4236/ajps.2014.53041
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Limonene was the major essential oil component in Citrus aurantifolia.
- Observation Limonene was the major essential oil component in Citrus sinensis.
- Observation None of the treatments showed anti-trypanosome activity.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against Staphylococcus aureus.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against Listeria. monocytogenes.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against Salmonella cholerasuis.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against Aspergillus niger.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against A. flavus.
- Observation Antimicrobial results were satisfactory against A. carbonarius.
- Observation Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed no inhibition with any treatment.