Listeria monocytogenes was highly resistant to hen egg white lysozyme in whole milk but was sensitive in media and in phosphate buffer. Methods to sensitize the pathogen to lysozyme in milk were investigated. Treatment of whole milk by cation exchange to remove minerals, particularly Ca2+ and Mg2+, slightly promoted inactivation of L. monocytogenes by lysozyme at 4 degrees C over a period of 6 ...

Allergenic fining agents and processing aids from hen’s egg and cow’s milk used in wine production are hidden allergens and could demonstrate a health threat for allergic persons. Hence, the European parliament adopted Directive 2003/89/EC amending 2000/13/EC to declare ingredients, contaminations and processing aids which are known to trigger allergic reactions. The Amendment Directive 415/200...

In technicolor theories a large radiative correction to the Zbb vertex generally emerges, because of the large top quark mass and SU (2) L gauge symmetry. The correction can give us an explanation for the deviation of the experimental value of R b ≡ Γ b /Γ h from the standard-model prediction. However, generally the T parameter becomes unacceptably large. We show that in the one-family technico...