Formulation of Menthol-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers to Enhance Its Antimicrobial Activity for Food Preservation

Parizad Piran ¹, Hossein Samadi Kafil ^2,3, Saeed Ghanbarzadeh ⁴, Rezvan Safdari ³, Hamed Hamishehkar ³ *

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