Antibacterial activity against cariogenic bacteria and inhibition of insoluble glucan production by free fatty acids obtained from dried gloiopeltis furcata

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Kurihara, Hideyuki ^a   Goto, Yurie ^a   Aida, Masahiko ^a   Hosokawa, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Koretaro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Free fatty acid; Gloiopeltis furcata; Glucosyltransferase; Inhibition; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942434441     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.129     Document Type: Article

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