Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Clove Oil in Decontamination of Ready-to-Eat Spinach (

Abigail A Armah, Kelvin F Ofori, Kenisha Sutherland, Emmanuel Otchere, Winter A Lewis, Wilbert Long

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

Alginate-Arabinoxylan Composite Films with Enhanced Mechanical Strength and Functional Properties for Potential Food Packaging Use.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Abigail A ArmahCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4524-4768

Kelvin F OforiCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2735-6751

Kenisha SutherlandCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.

Emmanuel OtchereCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.

Winter A LewisCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.

Wilbert LongCollege of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA.

Funding

United States Department of Agriculture 2022-38427-37379

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to an increased demand for natural food additives, clove oil was assessed as a natural alternative to chemical disinfectants in produce washing. This study assessed the antimicrobial activity of 5 and 10% (

Indexed as

clove oilEscherichia coliessential oilnatural antimicrobial compoundsproduce washingready-to-eat produceSalmonella entericaSalmonella TyphimuriumShigella flexneriStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID39856915

DOI10.3390/foods14020249

PMCPMC11765317

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