Browsing ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "S. aureus"
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Evaluation of Peanut Skin Extract, Grape Seed Extract, and Grape Seed Extract Fractions to Reduce Populations of Select Foodborne Pathogens
(Virginia Tech, 2014-06-10)Grape seed extract (GSE) and peanut skin extract (PSE) are waste products in the wine and peanut industries. Both extracts have high concentrations of polyphenols, known to possess antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, Critical Micelle Concentration and Antimicrobial Activity of Two-headed Amphiphiles
(Virginia Tech, 2009-08-12)This project is about the synthesis of homologous series of two-headed, long-chain amphiphiles (the 2CCbn series, where n = 16, 18, 20, 22, 30, 5α-cholestan-3à -ol). The 2CCbn series was synthesized in five steps. The ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, Critical Micelle Concentration and Biological Activity of two-Headed Amphiphiles
(Virginia Tech, 2008-11-06)In this project, we synthesized a new homologous series of five long-chain, two-headed amphiphiles [2CAm13, 2CAm15, 2CAm17, 2CAm19, 2CAm21; CH3(CH2)n-1CONHC(CH3)(CH2CH2COOH)2, n = 13, 15, 17, 19, 21]. The synthesis ...
