ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS

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KUBO, I
MUROI, H
KUBO, A
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[1] Division of Insect and Microbial Ecology, College of Natural Resources, University Of California, Berkeley
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10.1021/jf00036a045
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S [农业科学];
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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 structural functions. Maximum activity seems to depend on the hydrophobic chain length from the hydrophilic hydroxyl group. Among the alcohols tested, 1-tridecanol was found to be the most effective for controlling this cariogenic bacterium.
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