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Antimicrobial delivery systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use thereof

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David Julian McClements, Lynne McLandsborough, Yuhua Chang

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Disclosed herein is an antimicrobial delivery system comprising an electrostatic complex comprising cationic biopolymer and an anionic biopolymer, wherein the antimicrobial delivery system has antimicrobial activity in a comestible.

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University of Massachusetts U Mass

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Antimicrobial delivery systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use

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Describes antimicrobial activity of complexes formed from cationic and anionic biopolymers in foods and beverages.

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An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the delivery system comprising: an electrostatic complex comprising

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An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the delivery system comprising: an electrostatic complex comprising

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An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the delivery system comprising

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An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the delivery system comprising

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An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the An antimicrobial delivery system for a comestible, the delivery system comprising: an electrostatic complex comprising very system comprising

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