AFM study of the differential inhibitory effects of the green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

Food Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-87

  Cui, Y ^a   Oh, Y J ^a   Lim, J ^a   Youn, M ^a   Lee, I ^b   Pak, H K ^c   Park, W ^d   Jo, W ^a   Park, S ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; EGCG; Escherichia coli; H 2O 2; Staphylococcus aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 80054900595     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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