Issue 71, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Retention of nisin activity at elevated pH in an organic acid complex and gold nanoparticle composite†

Manab Deb Adhikari,a   Gopal Das*b  and  Aiyagari Ramesh*a  

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a Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
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b Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
E-mail: gdas@iitg.ernet.in
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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.

Graphical abstract: Retention of nisin activity at elevated pH in an organic acid complex and gold nanoparticle composite

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC34653B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jun 2012
Accepted
18 Jul 2012
First published
31 Jul 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 8928-8930

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Retention of nisin activity at elevated pH in an organic acid complex and gold nanoparticle composite

M. D. Adhikari, G. Das and A. Ramesh, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8928 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34653B

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