Synergistic antifungal activity of sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, and cupric sulfate against penicillium digitatum

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1660-1665

  CerionI, Luciana ^a   Rapisarda, Viviana Andrea ^a   Hilal, Mirna ^a   Eduardo Prado, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Montelongo, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 68849089823     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.8.1660     Document Type: Article

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