Herbs, spices and medicinal plants used in hispanic traditional medicine can decrease quorum sensing dependent virulence in pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Journal of Applied Research in Natural Products

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Huerta, V ^a   Mihalik, K ^a   Crixell, S H ^a   Vattem, D A ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylated homoserine lactones (AHL); Antimicrobial activity; Medicinal plants from India; Phytochemicals; Quorum sensing; Virulence factors and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873831477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19406223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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