Antimicrobial effect of Monascus purpureus red rice against some bacterial and fungal strains

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages 1089-1094

  Ferdeş, Mariana ^a   Ungureanu, Camelia ^a   Radu, Nicoleta ^b   Chirvase, Ana Aurelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND PETROCHEMISTRY ICECHIM   (Romania)

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EID: 76149141817     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET0917182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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