Inactivation of yeast by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma in helium at atmospheric pressure

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1405-1409

  Yu, Hong ^a   Xiu, Zhi Long ^a   Ren, Chun Sheng ^a   Zhang, Jia Liang ^a   Wang, De Zhen ^a   Wang, You Nian ^a   Ma, Teng Cai ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); Mitochondrial activity; pH; Protein concentration in supernatant; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Yeast

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HELIUM; PH; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (DBD) PLASMA; MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN CONCENTRATION; SUPERNATANT SOLUTION; YEAST INACTIVATION;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 27644580413     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.851961     Document Type: Article

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