A new antimicrobial peptide isolated from Oudneya africana seeds

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 658-666

  Hammami, Riadh ^a,b,c   Hamida, Jeannette Ben ^a   Vergoten, Gérard ^b   Lacroix, Jean Marie ^b   Slomianny, Marie Christine ^b   Mohamed, Neffati ^d   Fliss, Ismail ^c  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Arid Area Institute   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Oudneya africana; Plant extract; Synergism

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AS 3000; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRASSICACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OUDNEYA AFRICANA; PH; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUNISIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRASSICACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA; PEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRONASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS; TUNISIA;

BRASSICACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75749096300     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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