Issue 94, 2015
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Dual role of select plant based nutraceuticals as antimicrobial agents to mitigate food borne pathogens and as food preservatives†

Shankar Subramaniam,a   Narendran Rajendran,a   Sai brinda Muralidharan,a   Gayathri Subramaniam,a   Ravikumar Rajuab  and  Aravind Sivasubramanian ORCID logo *a  

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a School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613402, India
E-mail: arvi@biotech.sastra.edu

b Department of Chemistry, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women (Autonomous), Elayampalayam – 637 205, India

Abstract

The present work presents the unique dual role of commercially important nutraceuticals from plants that potentiate the therapeutic effect of commercial antibiotics to combat food pathogens. They also effectively enhance the food preservative value of nisin by doubling the shelf life of fruit juices.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA15039F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jul 2015
Accepted
04 Sep 2015
First published
07 Sep 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 77168-77174

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Dual role of select plant based nutraceuticals as antimicrobial agents to mitigate food borne pathogens and as food preservatives

S. Subramaniam, N. Rajendran, S. B. Muralidharan, G. Subramaniam, R. Raju and A. Sivasubramanian, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 77168 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA15039F

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