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    Positive and negative aspects of bacteriophages and their immense role in the food chain

    Bacteriophages infect and replicate inside a bacterial host as well as serve as natural bio-control agents. Phages were once viewed as nuisances that caused fermentation failures with cheese-making and other i...

    Soniya Ashok Ranveer, Vaishali Dasriya, Md Faruque Ahmad in npj Science of Food (2024)

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    Efficacy and mechanism of carvacrol with octanoic acid against mastitis causing multi-drug-resistant pathogens

    In the present investigation, we determined the in vitro antimicrobial activity of eight essential oils (EOs) and three medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) alone and in combination against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC...

    Sapna Rani, Hemlata Singh, Chand Ram in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology (2022)

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    Aflatoxin M1 Detoxification Ability of Probiotic Lactobacilli of Indian Origin in In vitro Digestion Model

    Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is known to be a potent carcinogen and continues to pose a public health concern through the consumption of contaminated dairy foods. It is anticipated that consumption of lactic acid bacteria...

    Rohit Panwar, Narendra Kumar, Vipul Kashyap in Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins (2019)

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    Impact of oral cadmium intoxication on levels of different essential trace elements and oxidative stress measures in mice: a response to dose

    The study evaluated the effect of oral intoxication of cadmium and the possible causes of oxidative stress and its preferential accumulation in different organs as well as sub-sequential effects in mice. Twent...

    Narendra Kumar, Vandna Kumari, Chand Ram in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2018)

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    Bio-prospectus of cadmium bioadsorption by lactic acid bacteria to mitigate health and environmental impacts

    Foodstuffs and water are the key sources of cadmium biomagnifiaction. The available strategies to mitigate this problem are unproductive and expensive for practical large-scale use. Biological decontamination ...

    Narendra Kumar, Vandna Kumari, Chand Ram in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2018)

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    Efficacy of indigenous probiotic Lactobacillus strains to reduce cadmium bioaccessibility - An in vitro digestion model

    The toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd) appears as one of the major global threats to human and animal health. Human being and aquatic life are exposed to Cd by breathing, eating, or drinking when industrial efflue...

    Narendra Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Rohit Panwar in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2017)

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    Carbonated fermented dairy drink – effect on quality and shelf life

    Processing conditions were standardized for a carbonated sweetened fermented dairy beverage. The optimum level of carbonation for the beverage filled in 200 ml glass bottles was found to be at 50 psi pressure ...

    Menon Rekha Ravindra, K. Jayaraj Rao in Journal of Food Science and Technology (2014)

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    Extended shelf life flavoured dairy drink using dissolved carbon dioxide

    Cardamom flavoured dairy beverage prepared using standardized method was carbonated in glass bottles. Carbonation at 50 psi pressure for 30 s was recommended. The pasteurized flavoured drink, carbonated or oth...

    Menon Rekha Ravindra, K. Jayaraj Rao in Journal of Food Science and Technology (2014)

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    Optimization of culture conditions of probiotic bifidobacteria for maximal adhesion to hexadecane

    Culture growth conditions were optimized for adhesion to hexadecane of the probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum HI 39 and HI 48. Among three growth media used, MILS lactose broth was the best medium to obtain maximu...

    Chand Ram, Harish Chander in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (2003)