Antimicrobial functions of spices: Why some like it hot

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-38

  Billing, Jennifer ^a,b   Sherman, Paul W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLIMATE; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPICE;

BACTERIA; CLIMATE; COOKERY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; SPICES;

EID: 0032018463     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420058     Document Type: Article

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