Conclusion
The results reported in this note confirm the general claims made for the antimicrobic action of the dehydroacetic acid group and are in agreement with the more detailed results, published while this paper was in preparation (6).
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Mossel, D.A.A., de Bruin, A.S. A preliminary report on the antimicrobic properties of dehydroacetic acid. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 16, 393–395 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02274436
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