Biocompatible organic acids and citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles were interacted with nisin to generate robust antimicrobial agents, which display archetypical nisin activity even at elevated pH.
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Retention of nisin activity at elevated pH in an organic acid complex and gold nanoparticle composite
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Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 8928-8930
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34653B
Received 29 Jun 2012, Accepted 18 Jul 2012
First published online 31 Jul 2012
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