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14:27 May 26, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / fungus cultivation
Spanish term or phrase: microbicidas antioxidantes
Hi, I'd appreciate your help with this term.

context is (not much, sorry):

"Proyecto Regional “Calidad post-recolección del champiñón. Influencia del lavado y de la adición de productos microbicidas antioxidantes"

Thanks :)
Robert Mavros
Spain
Local time: 19:58


Summary of answers provided
4disinfectants/antimicrobials and antioxidants
Muriel Vasconcellos
4antioxidant microbicidal
Dr Neil Ashby
4microbicidal antioxidant
Antoni Morey
3mycrobicidal anti-oxidant microbicides/microbicidalsgallagy2
Summary of reference entries provided
antimicrobial secondary metabolites?chica nueva

Discussion entries: 1





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
microbicidal antioxidant


Explanation:
http://books.google.com/books?id=3LZTPuVLaoYC&pg=PA441&lpg=P...

Antoni Morey
Local time: 19:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks :)


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neutral  chica nueva: microbicidal -> antimicrobial?
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antioxidant microbicidal


Explanation:
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Sorry in plural
Antioxidant microbicidals

Dr Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 19:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9

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neutral  chica nueva: microbicidal -> antimicrobial
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mycrobicidal anti-oxidant microbicides/microbicidals


Explanation:


Medicinal mushrooms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Armillaria mellea (honey mushroom) has antibiotic activity. ...... "Ionic Liquids for the Production of Insecticidal and Microbicidal Extracts of the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_mushrooms - Cached - Similar




Prevention is better than treatment with antibiotics

27 Mar 2011 ... The loss of our antibiotic weapons, unhealthy population densities, ... but the beta glucans in the cell walls of mushrooms have shorter 1-6 side-chains, .... enhances the oxidative burst response, microbicidal activity, ...
naturallyhealthynews.co/age-antibiotics/ - Cached


Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences, North American Edition - Google Books Result

Paul G Engelkirk, Janet Duben-Engelkirk - 2010 - Medical - 560 pages
Penicillins and cephalosporins are examples of antibiotics produced by fungi. ... Certain microbial metabolites have microbicidal, herbicidal, insecticidal, ...
books.google.ie/books?isbn=1605476730...



[PDF]
Medicinal Mushrooms - Readings & References

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Shiitake Mushrooms. The Proceeding of a National Symposium & Trade Show University of Minnesota 100-102. 18. Broadbent, D. 1966. Antibiotics produced by ...
www.mushroomhunter.net/chaga/Medicinal Mushrooms.pdf









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OOPS! didn't mean to put microbicidal twice. Can be noun but more usually seen as adjective I think.


can any1 tell me of the microbicidal action of mushrooms??plz, it's urgent! ... there are many other way for antibiotic to act on microbes....
www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=3033... - Cached

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it seems to me that "microbicidal" is used as an adjective with anitoxidants/anti-oxidants here.

However, if these are two nouns then Microbicides (130k ghits) is more likely as hardly any ghits for "microcidals" as a noun; it's far more often used (in singular) as an adjective

Mushroom production · Plant genetic resources · Traditional medicine/HIV ...
www.nepadst.org/sanbio/hiv_microbicides/profile.php - Cached


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21 Jul 2010 ... An antiretroviral microbicide has long been a holy grail of HIV prevention ... HIV: Do Mushrooms Hold the Key to a Vaccine? James R. Coffey ...
health.wikinut.com › ... › General Health › Sexual Health & STDs - Cached

gallagy2
Ireland
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: thanks :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  chica nueva: microbicidal -> antimicrobial; source text concerns 'post-harvest management'?
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2 days9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
disinfectants/antimicrobials and antioxidants


Explanation:
I agree that they seem to be two different things.

Remember that Spanish 'productos' is often dropped in English. - as in "productos quimicos" = 'chemicals'.

Anti-microbials, disinfectants, sanitizers and sterilants ...
Feb 13, 2010 ... Disinfectants are antimicrobials (or germicidal agents) used on ... such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. ...
aquaox.wordpress.com/.../anti-microbials-disinfectants-sanitizers-and-sterilants/

Food, Drugs and Disinfectants Act No. 13- of 1929. ... nitrite; and also the following antioxidants used singly or in combination: resin guaiac (not ...
archive.samj.org.za/...Jun/.../2.6%20OFFICIAL%20ANNOUNCEMENTS.pdf

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
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Reference comments


1 day13 hrs
Reference: antimicrobial secondary metabolites?

Reference information:
http://www.google.cl/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&hl...

chica nueva
New Zealand
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Native speaker of: English
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