Antibacterial activity of simple coumarins: Structural requirements for biological activity

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-174

  Kayser, Oliver ^a   Kolodziej, Herbert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial Activity; Coumarins; Structure Activity Relationships

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; COUMARIN; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICRODILUTION BROTH METHOD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033103874     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1999-3-405     Document Type: Article

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