Thursday, January 31, 2008

Alcohol denatures proteins

".. alcohols such as phenol and ethanol are effective disinfectants because they readily penetrate cells and irreversibly denature their proteins." Madigan (2006, 52)

Madigan, Michael T. 2006. Macromolecules. In Brock Biology Of Microorganisms. 11 edn. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall

No comments: