Antibacterial activity of selected metabolites from Chilean lichen species against methicillin-resistant staphylococci

Natural Product Research

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1528-1531

  Celenza, Giuseppe ^a   Segatore, Bernardetta ^a   Setacci, Domenico ^a   Perilli, Mariagrazia ^a   Brisdelli, Fabrizia ^a   Bellio, Pierangelo ^a   Piovano, Marisa ^b   Garbarino, Juan A ^b   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial resistance; Lichen secondary metabolites; Methicillin resistant staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ATRANORIN; DIFFRACTAIC ACID; FUMARPROTOCETRARIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; OXACILLIN; PSOROMIC ACID; SPHAEROPHORIN; TENUIORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIOLARIC ACID; VICANICIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METABOLITE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; LICHENS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84884378798     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.730043     Document Type: Article

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