Garlic blocks quorum sensing and attenuates the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Harjai, Kusum ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^a   Singh, Sukhvinder ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Garlic; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Urinary tract infection; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KIDNEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TISSUE INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GARLIC; KIDNEY; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 76349088252     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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