Insights into the Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Cinnamon (

Federica Barbieri, Chiara Montanari, Martina Filippini, Stefania Arioli, Vida Šimat, Giulia Tabanelli, Fausto Gardini

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Federica BarbieriDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 47521 Cesena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1474-9533

Chiara MontanariDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 47521 Cesena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2273-2371

Martina FilippiniDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 47521 Cesena, Italy.

Stefania ArioliDepartment of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5406-8268

Vida ŠimatFaculty of Marine Sciences, University of Split, HR-21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-8005-4073

Giulia TabanelliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8693-1716

Fausto GardiniDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 47521 Cesena, Italy.

Funding

Ministry of Universities and Research Project ID 1836

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential oils (EOs) are promising natural antimicrobial agents, although their mechanisms of action are not yet fully understood. This study investigated the antimicrobial mechanisms of cinnamon (

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsCinnamomum zeylanicumFoodborne DiseasesOils, VolatileOriganumAcroleinCell Membrane PermeabilityFood MicrobiologyListeria monocytogenesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMicrobial ViabilityStaphylococcus aureusAcroleinAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentscinnamaldehydeOils, Volatileantimicrobial activitycinnamonessential oilsflow cytometryoreganoviable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells

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PMID42738719

DOI10.3390/molecules31173060

PMCPMC13567399

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