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DURING our studies on microbiological problems in the citrus industry, we found it necessary to study the effect of essential oils on micro-organisms. As a first step in this study, we investigated in a synthetic medium the influence of d-limonene, which constitutes more than 90 per cent of the orange essential oil, on micro-organisms normally present on the surface of oranges.
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ZUKERMAN, I. Effect of Oxidized d-Limonene on Micro-organisms. Nature 168, 517 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168517a0
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