Screening for antifungal activity of commercially available chemical food preservatives

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-27

  Pundir, Ram Kumar ^a   Jain, Pranay ^b  

^a AMBALA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Antifungal activity; Chemical food preservative; Food associated fungi and percent inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS LUCHUENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM OXALICUM; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT SAFETY; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 79952030851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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