Table 1.

EOs and plant extracts with antimicrobial properties that are used in the food industry.

The Scientific Name	Effective Compounds in%	Microorganisms	Reference
Lavandula angustifolia	47% linalool acetate, 28.4% linalool	Aeromonas caviae Pseudomonas aeruginosa Salmonella enterica	[30]
Origanum vulgare	38.2% para-cymene, 25.6% thymol, and 13.6% γ-terpinene)	Clostridium botulinum spores	[30]
Salvia rosmarinus	limonene (6.23), camphene (6.0), and linalool (5.7)	Listeria monocytogenes	[31]
Thymus serpyllum	carvacrol (0.2–0.6)	Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli serovar Yersinia enterocolitica serotype	[32]
Cymbopogon citratus	geranial (33.3), limonene (5.8), and geranyl acetate	Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, Bacillus cereus and Salmonella typhimurium	[33]
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	cineole (eucalyptol) (80–90)	Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella typhimurium, and Esherichia coli	[34]
Mentha pulegium	Mentha, 1,8-cineole	Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli	[35]
Salvia officinalis	α, β-tuyon, 1,8-sineol, kamfor	Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus, Candida albicans	[36]
Helichrysum italicum	1,8-cineole, α-copaene, (E)-β-ionone, γ- cadinene, selina-3,7(11)-diene, epi-α-cadinol, α-cadinol, octadecane, isophytol and tricosane	Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Aspergillus brasiliensis,	[37]
Curcuma longa	α-Turmerone (35.16), ar-Turmerone (25.47), and Curlone (18.19)	S. aureus	[38]
Juniperus oxycedrus	α-pinene, limonene, α-curcumene, γ-cadinene, δ-cadinene, manoyl oxidearyophyllene, α-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide	Yersinia enterocolitica, Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcusp neumoniae, Candida kruseii, and C. tropicalis.	[39]