Cook with Lemon
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Flavor compounds
60 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
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Ingredient
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60 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
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fruit juices → have highest contamination in → sweet lemon, pineapple, pomegranate, apple, orange
“The highest bacterial contamination was observed in sweet lemon (35%), pineapple (29%), and pomegranate, apple, orange (12% each).”
lemongrass oil nanoemulsion coating → inhibited → Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7
“The coating on the berries with 3.0 g/100 g LO initially inhibited Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculated on the berries by more than 3.2 and 2.6 log CFU/g, respectively.”
Based on 3 papers
“The correlation coefficients of evaluation between “hardness” and “lemon flavor” or “sourness” were negative.”
hardness → correlated negatively with → lemon flavor, sourness
“Moreover, B. cinerea did not show any mycelium growth in presence of lemon and oregano essential oils at concentration of 17 μl/ml and 0.02 μl/ml, respectively.”
lemon essential oil → inhibits → mycelium growth
“In strawberries, grey mould was completed inhibited by lemon essential oils at 0.05 μl/ml.”
lemon essential oil → inhibits → grey mould
“In addition, lemon essential oils at 0.05 μl/ml showed 39% reduction of infected cucumber fruits by”
lemon essential oil → reduces → grey mould disease severity
“However, the essential oils of lemongrass, L. rehmannii, eugenol and R-carvone caused biofilm enhancement, rather than inhibition.”
Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass) essential oil → enhances → Listeria monocytogenes biofilms