Characterisation of anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity of quercetin

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1250-1254

  Hirai, Itaru ^a   Okuno, Mana ^a   Katsuma, Reika ^a   Arita, Namie ^a   Tachibana, Masahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antibacterial activity; MRSA; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHARACTERISATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METHICILLIN; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MRSA; QUERCETIN; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ACTIVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; PHENOLS;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77955562995     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02267.x     Document Type: Article

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