Induction of Gram-negative bacterial growth by neurochemical containing banana (Musa x paradisiaca) extracts

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-250

  Lyte, Mark ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Banana; Dopamine; Gram negative bacteria; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; DOPAMINE; FRUIT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUSA X PARADISIACA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030882570     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00334-0     Document Type: Article

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