APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS IN FOOD -- APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS IN FOOD -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 HERBS AND SPICES COMMONLY-USED IN FOODS -- GALANGAL (Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd.), GINGER (Zingiber officinale Roscoe), AND TUMERIC (Curcuma longa L.) -- GARLIC (Allium sativum L.) AND ONION (Allium cepa L.) -- OREGANO (Origanum vulgare L.) -- ROSEMARY (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) -- SAGE (Salvia officinalis L.) -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM PLANTS -- ESSENTIAL OILS AND TERPENOIDS -- FLAVONES, FLAVONOIDS, FLAVONOLS -- ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS -- PHENOLICS AND POLYPHENOLS -- QUINONES -- TANNINS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 COMMON FOODBORNE PATHOGENS -- Bacillus cereus -- Campylobacter spp. -- Clostridium spp. -- Escherichia coli -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Salmonella spp. -- Shigella spp. -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Vibrio spp. -- Yersinia enterocolitica -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 NATURAL PRODUCTS AS ANTIOXIDANTS IN FOODS -- LIPID OXIDATION IN MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS -- SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS -- ALTERNATIVE ANTIOXIDANTS FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS -- NATURAL ADDITIVES AS ANTIOXIDANTS IN MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS -- CONTRIBUTION OF NATURAL ADDITIVES AS COLOUR ENHANCER IN MEAT -- NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS IN OIL -- NATURAL ADDITIVES AS ANTIOXIDANTS IN CONFECTIONERIES -- PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF NATURAL ADDITIVES IN FOODS -- CHEESE AND BUTTER -- FRUITS AND VEGETABLES -- FISH -- MAYONNAISE AND SALAD DRESSINGS -- MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS -- MILK -- FACTORS INFLUENCING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL ADDITIVES -- PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF NATURAL ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 INCORPORATION OF NATURAL ADDITIVES INTO FLEXIBLE FILMS -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 8 COMBINATION OF NATURAL ADDITIVES WITH OTHER PRESERVATIVES OR PRESERVATION METHODS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 ORGANOLEPTIC ASSESSMENTS OF NATURAL ADDITIVES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 FUTURE WORK AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.