Published April 23, 2007 | Version v1
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Microbial Safety Improvement of Sea Buckthorn by Electron Beam Irradiation

Creators

  • 1. National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Electron Accelerators Laboratory, 409 Atomistilor St., PO Box MG-36, RO-77125, Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
  • 2. SC Hofigal Export-Import SA, 2 Intrarea Serelor St., RO-75669, 4 Bucharest (Romania)

Description

The commercialization of medicinal plants and/or their products is highly increased in Romania lately. One of the most used herbs is sea buckthorn being well known for its quality with a large potential for curing some diseases. Sea buckthorn can be contaminated with undesirable microorganisms which may affect negatively its quality. The paper presents the results regarding the action of a non-conventional technology meaning electron beam technique on sea buckthorn in order to improve its microbiological quality. Our study revealed that the sea buckthorn microbial load has been improved after 3 kGy irradiation keeping its active principles

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2733533;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
899
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 792
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
6. international conference of the Balkan Physical Union
Dates
22-26 Aug 2006
Place
Istanbul (Turkey)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39074493
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON BEAMS; HERBS; IRRADIATION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MICROORGANISMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROMANIA
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLANTS

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Notes
(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics