Inhibitory effect of decanoic acid on yeast growth at various pHs and ethanol concentrations

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Antoce, Oana Arina ^a,c   Antoce, Vasile ^a   Pomohaci, Nicolai ^b   Namolosanu, Ion ^b   Takahashi, Katsutada ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Viticulture and Enology Department   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Calorimetric determination; Decanoic acid; Inhibition of yeast growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006375007     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.3.7     Document Type: Article

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