Usnic acid, a lichen secondary metabolite inhibits Group A Streptococcus biofilms

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 263-272

  Nithyanand, Paramasivam ^a   Beema Shafreen, Raja Mohmed ^b   Muthamil, Subramanian ^b   Karutha Pandian, Shunmugiah ^b  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilms; GAS; Lichen secondary metabolite; S. pyogenes; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOFURANS; FATTY ACIDS; USNIC ACID;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOFURANS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHARYNGITIS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84923086194     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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