TY - JOUR T1 - NEw antimicrobials AU - Hampton T Y1 - 2011/12/07 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2011.1740 JO - JAMA SP - 2315 EP - 2315 VL - 306 IS - 21 N2 - Naturally occurring flavonoids are known to be microbial deterrents and anti-infection agents in plants. Researchers used the natural flavonoid scaffold to synthesize nonnatural flavanone molecules and evaluated their antimicrobial effects on 2 types of bacteria (Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis) and the fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1740 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1740 ER -