ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS - THE ROLE OF HYDROPHOBIC ALKYL-GROUPS

Authors
KUBO I MUROI H HIMEJIMA M KUBO A
Citation
I. Kubo et al., ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS - THE ROLE OF HYDROPHOBIC ALKYL-GROUPS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(6), 1993, pp. 1305-1308
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Medicinal
Journal title
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
0960894X
Volume
3
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1305 - 1308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-894X(1993)3:6<1305:AAOLA->2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The role of hydrophobic alkyl groups of long-chain alcohols to antibac terial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Propionibacterium ac nes is discussed. The maximum activity was found to depend on the chai n length from the hydrophilic hydroxyl group, and also the bacteria te sted.