Antimicrobial mechanism of β-glycyrrhetinic acid isolated from licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1899-1902

  Kim, Hyung Keun ^a   Park, Yoonkyung ^a   Kim, Hee Nam ^a   Choi, Bo Hwa ^a   Jeong, Hye Gwang ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a   Hahm, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Licorice; Macromolecule inhibition

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036858999     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020900124997     Document Type: Article

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