INDEX Note: Page numbers followed by ‘f’ indicate figures, ‘t’ indicate tables, and ‘n’ indicate footnotes. a-carotene, 36t Amplified fragment length polymorphism a-lactalbumin, 26, 382 (AFLP), 257 a-lactalbumin nanotubes, 382f Anaerobic viable cell counts, 169 b-carotene, 35, 36t, 38f, 39, 324 Antibacterial activity, 251–4 b-cryptoxanthin, 36t, 39 Antibiotic resistance along with food chain, b-lactam antibiotic resistance families, 258 247 b-lactoglobulin, 26, 417, 465 antimicrobial action and resistance, molecular background of, 251–4 A antimicrobial-resistant bacterial strains ABCA1, 35, 37f characterization, molecular typing ABCG5, 35, 37f methods for, 255–7 ABCG8, 35, 37f general and public health aspects, 248–9 Abendbrot, 138 genotypic detection, 254–5 Accordance values, 285, 287 DNA microarrays for, 257–9 Acetates, 428t, 430 phenotypic detection, 249–51 Acetic acid, 428t, 430 Antimicrobial activity of Duck lysozyme (dLz) Acras, 137 against S. enteritidis Actimel drink, 102, 106t materials and methods: Active efflux, 251 determination, 296 Ad-solubilization, 457 food components effect, 297 Add-on design, 90, 91t, 92t incubation temperature effect, 296 Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), 26 lytic activity, 296 Aerobic viable cell counts, 169 purification, 295 Agar diffusion test, 250 reduction, 295–6 Agricultural system, nanotechnology for, results and discussion, 297–304 371–2 Antimicrobial additives, of HPH effect on Agrobacterium, 354, 359 microorganisms, 339–40 Allergenicity of foods, processing effect and Antimicrobial carrier systems, nanoemulsions food matrix, 21 as, 440–3 IgE-mediated allergies, allergens and Antimicrobial delivery system, 468–9 epitopes, 23–4 liposomes as, 461–3 Allergens, 25 microemulsions as, 455–6 Allergens and epitopes, in IgE-mediated Antimicrobial peptides, 414 allergies, 23–4 Antimicrobial resistance, definition of, allergens, chemical modification of, 249–50 26–7 Antimicrobial-resistant bacterial strains labile allergens processing, 24 characterization, molecular typing stable allergens processing, 25 methods for, 255–7 Amplification Positive Control (PC), 215t
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