title: Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of carbohydrate and polyhydroxylated non-carbohydrate fatty acid ester and ether derivatives.
abstract: A series of fatty acid ester and ether derivatives have been chemically synthesised based on carbohydrate and non-carbohydrate polyhydroxylated scaffolds. The synthesised compounds, along with their corresponding fatty acid monoglyceride antimicrobials, were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Of the derivatives synthesised, several of the carbohydrate-based compounds have antimicrobial efficacy comparable with commercially available antimicrobials. The results suggest that the nature of the carbohydrate core plays a role in the efficacy of carbohydrate fatty acid derivatives as antimicrobials.
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Dublin Institute of Technology, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
authors.forename: Aoife
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nobmann
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Henehan
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourke
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunne