Evaluation of neutralizing efficacy and possible microbial cell toxicity of a universal neutralizer proposed by the ctpa

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Mehrgan, Hadi ^a   Elmi, Ferial ^b   Fazeli, Mohammad Reza ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad Reza ^b   Samadi, Nasrin ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agent; Neutralization; Preservative; Validation of microbial recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85100853523     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.672     Document Type: Article

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