Production of antimicrobial chitosan nanoparticles against food pathogens

Chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) may be a promissory delivery system of polyphenols. The main objective of this study was to produce chitosan NPs encapsulated with polyphenols with antimicrobial and antioxidant activity against food pathogens. The NPs produced with low and high molecular weight chitosan...

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Main Author: Madureira, Ana Raquel (author)
Other Authors: Pereira, Adriana (author), Castro, Pedro M. (author), Pintado, Manuela (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18854
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/18854