Effective bacterial inactivation using low temperature radio frequency plasma

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Sureshkumar, A ^a   Sankar, R ^a   Mandal, Mahitosh ^a   Neogi, Sudarsan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Optical emission spectroscopy; Plasma sterilization; Radio frequency; Scanning electron microscopy; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; GAS;

ARTICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77955050473     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.05.045     Document Type: Article

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