Antibacterial activity of Thymoquinone, an active principle of Nigella sativa and its potency to prevent bacterial biofilm formation

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[1] Costerton JW(1999)Bacterial biofilms: a common cause of persistent infections Science 284 1318-1322

[2] Stewart PS(2001)Mechanisms of biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents Trends Microbiol 9 34-39

[3] Greenberg EP(1995)Influence of culture conditions on biofilm formation by Int J Food Microbiol 26 147-164

[4] Mah TF(1994) O157:H7 Infect Immun 62 3244-3253

[5] O'Toole GA(2002)Characterization of transposon mutants of biofilm-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis impaired in the accumulative phase of biofilm production: genetic identification of a hexosamine-containing polysaccharide intercellular adhesin Mol Microbiol 43 1367-1378

[6] Dewanti R(2010) and biofilms Lett Appl Microbiol 50 30-35

[7] Wong AC(2007)The in vitro antibiofilm activity of selected culinary herbs and medicinal plants against ISME J 1 149-155

[8] Mack D(2004)Honey and royal jelly, like human milk, abrogate lectin-dependent infection-preceding J Ethnopharmacol 92 281-289

[9] Nedelmann M(2006) adhesion Lett Appl Microbiol 42 400-404

[10] Krokotsch A(2010)Inhibitory effect of some herbal extracts on adherence of Curr Microbiol 61 417-21