Inhibition of growth of Streptococcus mutans, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci by kurarinone, a bioactive flavonoid isolated from Sophora flavescens [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3574-3575

  Chen, Li ^a,d   Cheng, Xiaofang ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a   Lu, Qingyi ^b   Go, Vay Liang ^b   Heber, David ^b   Ma, Lili ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Zhejiang Hospital of Chinese Medicine   (China)

^d GC Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; FLAVONOID; KURARINONE; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOPHORA; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOPHORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SOPHORA; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 22144432262     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3574-3575.2005     Document Type: Letter

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