Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 7 , Pages 2535-2544 , July 2008

Purification and Identification of Bovine Cheese Whey Fatty Acids Exhibiting In Vitro Antifungal Activity

  • M. Clément

      Affiliations

    • Département de microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • Corresponding author.
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  • J. Tremblay

      Affiliations

    • Département de microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Lange

      Affiliations

    • Saputo Inc., 6869 Métropolitain Est St-Léonard, Montreal, Québec, H1P 1X8, Canada
    • Current address: Agropur, 995 Johnson Est, St-Hyacinthe (Quebec), Canada J2S 7V6.
    • ,
  • J. Thibodeau

      Affiliations

    • Département de microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • ,
  • P. Belhumeur

      Affiliations

    • Département de microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada

Received 26 October 2007 ,Accepted 26 March 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71126-3

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0806

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 7 , Pages 2535-2544 , July 2008

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