Antibacterial activity and mode of action of ferulic and gallic acids against pathogenic bacteria

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 256-265

  Borges, Anabela ^a,b   Ferreira, Carla ^a   Saavedra, Maria J ^b   Simões, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERULIC ACID; GALLIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COUMARIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIC ACID; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROXYBENZOATES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84880902860     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2012.0244     Document Type: Article

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