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Aminimides: III antimicrobial effect of various hexadecyl and quaternary derivatives
Author(s) -
Kabara Jon J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02676275
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , pulmonary surfactant , amine gas treating , imide , chemistry , yeast , chain (unit) , generalization , functional group , organic chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics , polymer , physics , mathematical analysis , astronomy
Aminimides, a new class of surfactants, have been screened for in vitro antimicrobial activity. Greatest activity against gram (+) and yeast organisms is achieved when a chain length of C 16 is reached. This generalization is true whether or not the chain length is joined to the imide or amine group. The type of functional group associated with the surfactant is less important than chain length. Gram (‐) organisms do not fit this generalization, since shorter (