Preparation and characterization of antimicrobial cationized peptides from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) proteins

LWT

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-36

  Bamdad, Fatemeh ^a   Sun, Xu ^a   Guan, Le Luo ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Barley protein; Cationized peptide; Hordeum vulgare L

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.); CATIONIZED PEPTIDES; CONFORMATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; HORDEUM VULGARE L; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ZETA POTENTIAL ANALYSIS;

PEPTIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 84928702842     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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