Adhikari MD, Das G, Ramesh A. Retention of nisin activity at elevated pH in an organic acid complex and gold nanoparticle composite.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2012;
48:8928-30. [PMID:
22850762 DOI:
10.1039/c2cc34653b]
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Abstract
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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