Microbial decontamination of medicinally important herbals using gamma radiation and their biochemical characterisation

Food Chemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 328-335

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Gautam, Satyendra ^a   Powar, Sudhakar ^b   Sharma, Arun ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Atharva Holistic Healthcare and Foods   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Coliform; Gamma radiation; Herbals; IMViC

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; DNA 16S; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOLE; KASHAYAM; METHYL RED; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RASAYAN; SHATPATRYADI; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMMIPHORA; DRUG FORMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HERB; INDIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; POWDER; PROTEIN CONTENT; RADIATION DOSE; ROSE; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COMMIPHORA WIGHTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROSA CENTIFOLIA; SWERTIA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 70349795754     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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