USE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE AS A FOOD PRESERVATIVEUSE OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE AS A FOOD PRESERVATIVE
Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira;Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro;Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira
发明人:
Alexandra Manuela Lourenço Carreira,Sara Alexandra Valadas Da Silva Monteiro,Ricardo Manuel De Seixas Boavida Ferreira
申请号：
US13879162
公开号：
US20130288953A1
申请日:
2011.10.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
The inventors provide the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to prevent or inhibit spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism. Also provided is a method of preventing or inhibiting spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism comprising administering to a foodstuff in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof.
