Biosynthesized tea polyphenols inactivate Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2501-2503

  Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kishimoto, Toshio ^a   Shiga, Sadashi ^a   Sato, Kozue ^a   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^a   Inoue, Miyuki ^b   Sasaki, Nozomu ^b   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^c   Hara, Yukihiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Mitsui Norin Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATECHIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FLAVONOIDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; TEA;

EID: 19544377509     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.6.2501-2503.2005     Document Type: Article

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