Interaction of silver nitrate with readily identifiable groups: Relationship to the antibacterial action of silver ions

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-283

  Liau, S Y ^a   Read, D C ^a   Pugh, W J ^a   Furr, J R ^a   Russell, A D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; METAL IONS; NITRATES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AG +; AMINO-ACIDS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTION; DIMETHYL ESTERS; DISULPHIDE BONDS; GROUP RELATIONSHIPS; L-CYSTINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER IONS; THIOL GROUPS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030803602     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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