Antimicrobial effect of acidified nitrite on gut pathogens: Importance of dietary nitrate in host defense

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1422-1425

  Dykhuizen, R S ^a,b   Frazer, R ^a   Duncan, C ^a   Smith, C C ^a   Golden, M ^a   Benjamin, N ^a   Leifert, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029940262     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.6.1422     Document Type: Article

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