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Pharmaceutical Preservatives

Known as: Preservative, Pharmaceutical, Preservative Excipient, drug preservatives 
Chemicals that are added to drug products to prolong shelf life and maintain sterility. Protection of formulations, especially aqueous solutions… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan
Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly distributed � -(1-4)- linked D… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Bacteriocin-based strategies for food biopreservation.
Review
2006
Review
2006
The Toxicology of Mercury and Its Chemical Compounds
This review covers the toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Special attention is paid to those forms of mercury of current… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparative evaluation of 11 essential oils of different origin as functional antioxidants, antiradicals and antimicrobials in foods
Review
2004
Review
2004
Applications of the bacteriocin, nisin
Nisin was first introduced commercially as a food preservative in the UK approximately 30 years ago. First established use was as… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A study of the minimum inhibitory concentration and mode of action of oregano essential oil, thymol and carvacrol
Aims: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oregano essential oil (OEO) and two of its principle components, i.e. thymol… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Feasibility of bioremediation by white-rot fungi
  • S. Pointing
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 33607687
Abstract. The ligninolytic enzymes of white-rot fungi have a broad substrate specificity and have been implicated in the… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Preservative agents in foods. Mode of action and microbial resistance mechanisms.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria
In recent years, a group of antibacterial proteins produced by gram-positive bacteria have attracted great interest in their… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
The chemistry of lysozyme and its use as a food preservative and a pharmaceutical.
The chemistry and use of lysozyme as a food preservative and a pharmaceutical are reviewed. Lysozyme inhibits the growth of… 
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