Nitrite and nitrosyl compounds in food preservation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1411, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 475-488

  Cammack, Richard ^a   Joannou, C L ^a   Cui, Xiao Yuan ^a   Torres Martinez, Claudia ^a   Maraj, Shaun R ^a   Hughes, Martin N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Clostridium botulinum); Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; Listeria monocytogenes; Nitrosothiol; Roussin's salts

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; NITROUS ACID; PEROXYNITRITE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEAT; LISTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0032943095     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(99)00033-X     Document Type: Review

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