Reevaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Thymus and spp. extracts before and after encapsulation in liposomes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2998-3005

  Gortzi, Olga ^a   Lalas, Stavros ^a   Chinou, Ioanna ^b   Tsaknis, John ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

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EID: 33845599566     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.12.2998     Document Type: Article

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