Aerothionin, a bromotyrosine derivative with antimycobacterial activity from the marine sponge Aplysina gerardogreeni (Demospongia)

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-387

  Encarnación Dimayuga, Rosalba ^a   Ramirez M R ^b   Luna Herrera, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aerothionin; Antimycobacterials; Aplysina gerardogreeni; Calafianin

Indexed keywords

AEROTHIONIN; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG DETERMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); APLYSINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PORIFERA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141539495     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.5.384.15946     Document Type: Article

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