Antimicrobial Agents from Marine Algae

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1975 English Publisher:American Society for MicrobiologyJournal:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, volume 7, pages 320-321 (issn: 0066-4804, eissn: 1098-6596,

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Authors: J J, Sims; M S, Donnell; J V, Leary; G H, Lacy;

doi: 10.1128/aac.7.3.320

pmid: 1137385

pmc: PMC429132

Antimicrobial Agents from Marine Algae

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Abstract

The antimicrobial activity of five compounds extracted from marine algae was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella choleraesuis, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Candida albicans , and Escherichia coli . Three of the compounds, cycloeudesmol, laurinterol, and debromolaurinterol, exhibited activity at concentrations approaching that of streptomycin. None of the compounds inhibited all of the organisms tested. There appeared to be selectivity for gram-positive microbes.

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University of California, Riverside
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Keywords

Bacteria, Eukaryota, Sesquiterpenes, Anti-Bacterial Agents

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