The antibacterial properties of isothiocyanates

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-243

  Dufour, Virginie ^a   Stahl, Martin ^b   Baysse, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CHAPERONE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; ERUCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLAVORING AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSINOLATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYMYXIN B; SERINE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFORAPHANE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BRASSICACEAE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONJUGATE; CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BRASSICACEAE; PROKARYOTA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BRASSICACEAE; CELL MEMBRANE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84944152692     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.082362-0     Document Type: Review

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