title: Bacteriostatic activities of monoacyl sugar alcohols against thermophilic sporeformers.
abstract: The bacteriostatic activities of monoacyl sugar alcohols with different acyl chains and hydrophilic heads were examined against some thermophilic sporeformers. Monomyristoyl erythritol and xylitol efficaciously suppressed their spore development. The number and orientation of the hydroxyl groups also played important roles in this activity, and monomyristoyl xylitol exhibited the highest activity among the monomyristoyl sugar alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Junkui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawahara-Aoyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adachi
mesh_terms: D000215:Acylation; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D001628:Beverages; D003069:Coffee; D004655:Emulsions; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000379:methods; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008892:Milk; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D004655:Emulsions; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; D013501:Surface-Active Agents