Abstrakt

Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of plants extracts in food industry and safety.

Sami El Khatib1,2*, Nadine Assaf2

The use of plants for healing dates to prehistory; plant oils and extracts have been utilized for thousands of years, serving for many purposes, such as food preservatives and medical therapeutic agents. The compounds, that are found in some species and produced by herbs, act as self-defense mechanisms to protect the plant against infectious diseases.