Antimicrobial activities of protenic extracts of Allium roseum L., a wild edible species in North Africa

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 150-154

  Najjaa, Hanen ^a   Ammar, Emna ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Food pathogens; Peptides; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM ROSEUM EXTRACT; BUFFER; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PEPSIN A; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PRESERVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SULFURIC ACID; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIUM ROSEUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONDIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SPICE; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM ROSEUM;

EID: 73949119006     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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