ANTIBIOTIC-ACTIVITY OF UNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS ON METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS

Authors
OHTA S CHANG T KAWASHIMA A AOZASA O MASE Y NAGATE T KITAMURA K KONDO M MIYATA H
Citation
S. Ohta et al., ANTIBIOTIC-ACTIVITY OF UNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS ON METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 57(12), 1993, pp. 2194-2195
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
57
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2194 - 2195
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1993)57:12<2194:AOUFOM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The minimum inhibitory concentrations of ten fatty acids and their met hyl esters on Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA #10 were investigated. Th e highest antibiotic activity was observed for 7-linolenic acid (C-18: 3), and when the concentration was 500 mug/ml in the medium, the MRSA cells were all killed.