ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS

Authors
KUBO I MUROI H KUBO A
Citation
I. Kubo et al., ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 41(12), 1993, pp. 2447-2450
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
41
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2447 - 2450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1993)41:12<2447:AAOLAA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans of a number of naturally occurring compounds was tested. The emphasis was placed on a series of long-chain alcohols to gain new insight into their structu ral functions. Maximum activity seems to depend on the hydrophobic cha in length from the hydrophilic hydroxyl group. Among the alcohols test ed, 1-tridecanol was found to be the most effective for controlling th is cariogenic bacterium.