Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Antimicrobial Agents from Marine Algae

1975; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/aac.7.3.320

ISSN

1098-6596

Autores

James J. Sims, Mark S. Donnell, J. V. Leary, George H. Lacy,

Tópico(s)

Marine Sponges and Natural Products

Resumo

The antimicrobial activity of five compounds extracted from marine algae was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella choleraesuis, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Candida albicans , and Escherichia coli . Three of the compounds, cycloeudesmol, laurinterol, and debromolaurinterol, exhibited activity at concentrations approaching that of streptomycin. None of the compounds inhibited all of the organisms tested. There appeared to be selectivity for gram-positive microbes.

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