Antimicrobial ferulic acid derivatives and uses thereof
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsJeff S. Piotrowski, Fachuang Lu, Mehdi Kabbage, John Ralph, Robert C. Landick
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Abstract
Antimicrobial diferulates, compositions containing same, and uses of same for inhibiting growth of microorganisms. The antimicrobial diferulates can be used alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents to inhibit growth of microorganisms such as fungi, oomycetes, and other microorganisms having a glucan-containing cell wall. The antimicrobial diferulates can be included in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of animals or included in agricultural compositions for treatment of plants, crops, and soils.
Claims7
A method of inhibiting growth of a microorganism in planta, the method comprising applying to a plant an amount of a compound effective to inhibit growth of the microorganism in the plant, wherein the microorganism is at least one of a fungus and an oomycete comprising a β-1,3-glucan-containing cell wall, wherein the compound is:
- or a salt thereof.
A method of inhibiting growth of a microorganism, the method comprising contacting the microorganism with an amount of a compound effective to inhibit growth of the microorganism, wherein the microorganism is at least one of a fungus and an oomycete comprising a β-1,3-glucan-containing cell wall, wherein the compound is:
- or a salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.