Evaluation of berberine chloride as a new antibacterial agent against gram-positive bacteria for medical textiles

Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 131-134

  Sarkar, Ajoy K ^a   Appidi, Subhash ^a   Ranganath, Anupama S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agent; Berberine; Enterococcus faecalis; Staphylococcus aureus; Textile substrates

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERICIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENZYME INHIBITION;

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIAL INHIBITION; BERBERINE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXTILE SUBSTRATES;

TEXTILES;

EID: 79960137740     PISSN: 12303666     EISSN: 23007354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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