Bacterial Quorum Sensing Inhibition Activity of the Traditional Chinese Herbs, Ficus carica L. and Perilla frutescens

Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 379-383

  Sun, Shiwei ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhou, Wanlong ^a   Liu, Ao ^a   Zhu, Hu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum CV026; Ficus carica L.; Natural products; Perilla frutescens; Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01; Quorum sensing; Violacein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; PERILLA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FIG; NONHUMAN; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84945129402     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000440946     Document Type: Article

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