A comparison of the bactericidal and photobactericidal activities of aminoacridines and bis(aminoacridines)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Wainwright, M ^a   Phoenix, D A ^a   Marland, J ^a   Wareing, D R A ^b   Bolton, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDES;

ANTIBACTERIALS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXINS; DNA INTERCALATIONS; LIQUID CULTURE; LOW POWER; PHOTO ACTIVATIONS; SIMPLE++; SINGLET OXYGEN; TWO WAYS;

BACTERIA;

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; AMINOACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PROFLAVINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031815330     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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