inactivate

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“I also want to just stress that there’s nothing, there’s no cooking of the mushroom or freezing of the mushroom that would inactivate the toxin,” Smollin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Pasteurization should also inactivate flu viruses, which are known to be fragile and heat-sensitive, experts said.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Still, he wonders whether the commonly used “high temperature, short time” pasteurization, which heats milk to about 72°C for 15 or 20 seconds, is enough to inactivate all the virus in a sample.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2024

These practices will kill most bacteria and inactivate any heat-sensitive bacterial toxins that are present.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

Extracts in which no attempt was made to inactivate the enzymes present proved unsatisfactory.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.