Inactivation of possible fungal food contaminants by photosensitization

Food Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-341

  Lukšiene, Živile ^a   Pečiulyte, Dalia ^b   Jurkoniene, Sigita ^b   Puras, Romualdas ^a  

^a Institute of Material Science and Applied Research   (Lithuania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Food processing and safety; Inactivation of microfungi; Photosensitization

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FOOD CONTAMINANTS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FUSARIUM AVENACEUM; MICRO-FUNGI; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA AVENACEA; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 30444453241     PISSN: 13309862     EISSN: 13309862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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