Bactericidal Property of Macro-, Micro- and Nanocurcumin: An Assessment

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2087-2093

  Gopal, Judy ^a   Muthu, Manikandan ^a   Chun, Sechul ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bactericidal; Confocal microscope; Curcumin; Micro; Nano; Size; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970005844     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-015-1834-3     Document Type: Article

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