Antimicrobial peptides in aqueous and ethanolic extracts from microbial, plant and fermented sources

Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Philip, Koshy ^a   Sinniah, Saravana Kumar ^a   Muniandy, Sekaran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial peptides; Ethanolic extracts

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; BACILLUS CEREUS; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; INHIBITION ZONES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA SEQUENCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINES; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; RNA;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68049132939     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2009.248.253     Document Type: Article

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