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Antibacterial activity of 7-aminocholesterol, a new sterol
M Dherbomez1, L el kihel, Y Letourneux
1Laboratorie de Physicochimie des Substances Naturelles, Université de La Rochelle, France.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
A new sterol, 7-aminocholesterol, which inhibits growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also displayed antibiotic activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The 50% growth inhibitory concentration against strains of Listeria innocua, L. monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus hirae and Bacillus cereus was 3 microM.