Mechanisms of Action of Corilagin and Tellimagrandin I That Remarkably Potentiate the Activity of β-Lactams against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Shiota, Sumiko ^a   Shimizu, Masato ^b   Sugiyama, Jun'ichi ^c   Morita, Yuji ^b   Mizushima, Tohru ^b   Tsuchiya, Tomofusa ^b  

^a SHUJITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DENKA COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRSA; PBP; Polyphenol; Resistance; Lactam; Lactamase

Indexed keywords

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI EXTRACT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CORILAGIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; TELLIMAGRANDIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; ROSA CANINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UVA URSI;

EID: 0942297805     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03489.x     Document Type: Article

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