| Title: | The Applicability of Essential Oils in Different Stages of Production of Animal-Based Foods |
| Address: | "Department of Animal and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 5 Oczapowski Street, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules26133798 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Essential oils (EOs) have been used for centuries, and interest in these compounds has been revived in recent years. Due to their unique chemical composition as well as antimicrobial, immunostimulatory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, EOs are used in pharmacology, cosmetology and, increasingly, in animal breeding and rearing, and processing of animal raw materials. Essential oils have become a natural alternative to preservatives, taste enhancers and, most importantly, antibiotics, because the European Union banned the use of antibiotics in metaphylaxis in animal husbandry in 2006. In the animal production chain, EOs are used mainly as feed additives to improve feed palatability and increase feed intake, improve animal resistance and health status, and to prevent and treat diseases. Recent research indicates that EOs can also be applied to sanitize poultry houses, and they can be used as biopesticides in organic farming. Essential oils effectively preserve meat and milk and, consequently, improve the safety, hygiene and quality of animal-based foods. Novel technologies such as encapsulation may increase the bioavailability of EOs and their application in the production of food and feed additives" |
| Keywords: | "*Animal Feed Animals *Food Preservation Food Preservatives/*pharmacology Oils, Volatile/*pharmacology animal-based foods essential oil food preservation from stable to table green pesticides public health safety;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMucha, Weronika Witkowska, Dorota eng 010/RID/2018/19/Polish Minister of Science and High Eductation: 'Regional Initiative of Excellence' for the years 2019-2022/ Review Switzerland 2021/07/03 Molecules. 2021 Jun 22; 26(13):3798. doi: 10.3390/molecules26133798" |
