Antimicrobial activity of neuropeptides against a range of micro-organisms from skin, oral, respiratory and gastrointestinal tract sites

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-16

  El Karim, Ikhlas A ^a   Linden, Gerard J ^a   Orr, David F ^b   Lundy, Fionnuala T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Neuropeptides; Oral pathogens; Radial diffusion assay

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROKININ A; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; NEUROPEPTIDES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 49849100430     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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