Antibacterial and antifungal activities of new acylated derivatives of epigallocatechin gallate

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yoshimi ^a   Kaihatsu, Kunihiro ^a   Nishino, Kunihiko ^a   Ogawa, Miho ^b   Kato, Nobuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bio Medical Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity Staphylococcus aureus; Epigallocatechin gallate; Fatty acid esters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874249502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00053     Document Type: Article

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