More recently, food industry’s interest innatural compounds for direct addition or to be used in synergy withother compounds has been increasing. Several studies report direct∗Corresponding author.E-mail address: lilaboulekbachemakhlouf@yahoo.fr (L. Boulekbache-Makhlouf).addition of aromatic plants essential oils and extracts to foodstuffsto exert an antimicrobial or antioxidant effect (Costa et al., 2015).