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Fine-tuning of the hydrophobicity of caffeic acid: studies on the antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

Published:2015 Issue:66 Volume:5 Page:53915-53925
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Andrade Mafalda¹²³⁴⁵,Benfeito Sofia⁶⁷⁸⁴⁹,Soares Pedro⁶⁷⁸⁴⁹,Magalhães e Silva Diogo⁶⁷⁸⁴⁹,Loureiro Joana¹²³⁴⁵,Borges Anabela¹²³⁴⁵,Borges Fernanda⁶⁷⁸⁴⁹,Simões Manuel¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. LEPABE

2. Department of Chemical Engineering

3. Faculty of Engineering

4. University of Porto

5. Portugal

6. CIQUP

7. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

8. Faculty of Sciences

9. Porto

Abstract

Caffeic acid derivatives are proposed to act as cell permeabilizers, inducing membrane alterations, causing rupture with potassium leakage, particularly on the Gram positive bacterium, and consequent cell death.

Funder

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/RA/C5RA05840F

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