The antimicrobial activity of gramicidin a is associated with hydroxyl radical formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liou, Je Wen ^a   Hung, Yu Jiun ^a   Yang, Chin Hao ^a   Chen, Yi Cheng ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN A; HYDROXYL RADICAL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRAMICIDIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; RADICAL REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; GRAMICIDIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84922021871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117065     Document Type: Article

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