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Of or relating to a substance that kills certain microorganisms.

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  • For instance, the garlic is a daily eaten food, while at the same time, it possesses bacteriocidal and anthelmintic functions, as well as serving as a stomach tonic,...
  • Detumescent and analgesic Zanthoxylum nitidum or anti-febrile and bacteriocidal Sacandra glaber was added in the tooth paste to form a kind of medicated tooth paste,...
  • Cheeses do not normally carry disease-producing organisms because its level of acidity, lack of oxygen and low moisture content, combined with bacteriocidal agents such...
  • It's a speculative story at this point, but the weight of the evidence marshaled in support of the premise is impressive: the mammalian breast first evolved as an...
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