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SUBMITTER: Parhi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947829 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parhi Ajit A Lu Songfeng S Kelley Cody C Kaul Malvika M Pilch Daniel S DS LaVoie Edmond J EJ
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20120920 22
Berberine is a substituted dibenzo[a,g]quinolizin-7-ium derivative whose modest antibiotic activity is derived from its disruptive impact on the function of the essential bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. The present study reveals that the presence of a biphenyl substituent at either the 2- or 12-position of structurally-related dibenzo[a,g]quinolizin-7-ium derivatives significantly enhances antibacterial potency versus Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Studies with purified S ...[more]