title: Antifungal Activity of Citrus Essential Oils.
abstract: Citrus essential oils (CEOs) are a mixture of volatile compounds consisting mainly of monoterpene hydrocarbons and are widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries because of their antifungal activities. To face the challenge of growing public awareness and concern about food and health safety, studies concerning natural biopreservatives have become the focus of multidisciplinary research efforts. In the past decades, a large amount of literature has been published on the antifungal activity of CEOs. This paper reviews the advances of research on CEOs and focuses on their in vitro and food antifungal activities, chemical compositions of CEOs, and the methods used in antifungal assessment. Furthermore, the antifungal bioactive components in CEOs and their potential mechanism of action are summarized. Finally, the applications of CEOs in the food industry are discussed in an attempt to provide new information for future utilization of CEOs in modern industries.
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University , Chongqing 400716, China.|Key Laboratory of Horticulture Science for Southern Mountainous Regions, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.|Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, United States.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, United States.
authors.forename: Zhentian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University , Chongqing 400716, China.|Key Laboratory of Horticulture Science for Southern Mountainous Regions, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Ligai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Citrus Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Southwest University , Chongqing 400712, China.
authors.forename: Rangjin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University , Chongqing 400716, China.|Key Laboratory of Horticulture Science for Southern Mountainous Regions, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Wanpeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated TCM University , Shanghai 200071, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, United States.
authors.forename: Lloyd W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University , Chongqing 400716, China.|Key Laboratory of Horticulture Science for Southern Mountainous Regions, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Zhiqin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
keywords: antifungal activities; applications; citrus essential oils (CEOs); mechanism of action