Nisin as a Food Preservative: Part 1: Physicochemical Properties, Antimicrobial Activity, and Main Uses

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1262-1274

  Gharsallaoui, Adem ^a   Oulahal, Nadia ^a   Joly, Catherine ^a   Degraeve, Pascal ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

action mode; antimicrobial spectrum; bacteriocins; food preservation; Nisin; structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD PRODUCTS; LISTERIA; MICROORGANISMS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ACTION MODE; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL SPECTRA; BACTERIOCINS; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NISIN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

SPOILAGE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; NISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NISIN; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84975166995     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.763765     Document Type: Article

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