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. 1970 Mar;19(3):470-3.
doi: 10.1128/am.19.3.470-473.1970.

New antibacterial agent isolated from the avocado pear

I Néeman, A Lifshitz, Y Kashman

New antibacterial agent isolated from the avocado pear

I Néeman et al. Appl Microbiol. 1970 Mar.

Abstract

A group of eight new long-chain aliphatic compounds recently isolated from the avocado and some derivatives thereof were tested for antibacterial activity on 13 different species of bacteria and a yeast. Some of these compounds inhibited the growth of microorganisms. 1,2,4-Trihydroxy-n-hepadeca-16-en was found to be the most active, inhibiting certain gram-positive bacteria at 4 mug/ml.

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