Sub-MICs of Mentha piperita essential oil and menthol inhibits AHL mediated quorum sensing and biofilm of Gram-negative bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Husain, Fohad M ^a,b   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Khan, Mohammad S ^a   Ahmad, Ejaz ^c   Tahseen, Qudisa ^a   Khan, Mohd Shahnawaz ^d   Alshabib, Nasser A ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anti quorum sensing activity; Biofilm; C. elegans; Menthol; Molecular docking; Peppermint oil

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PEPPERMINT OIL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENTHA X PIPERITA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84931264445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00420     Document Type: Article

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