In these studies, EO exhibited very good insecticide, bactericide and fungicide effects gives an overview of the studies of the antibacterial
activity of essential oils in foods. As typical lipophiles, they cross
through the cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane, disrupt the
structure of their different layers of polysaccharides, fatty acids and
phospholipids and permeabilize them. In general, the cytotoxic
activity of essential oils is mostly due to the presence of phenols,
aldehydes and alcohols