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Effect of glycine on Helicobacter pylori in vitro.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2004
Minami Masaaki, Ando Takafumi, Hashikawa Shin-Nosuke, Torii Keizo, Hasegawa Tadao, Israel Dawn A, Ina Kenji, Kusugami Kazuo, Goto Hidemi, Ohta Michio
Abstract excerpt
Glycine is the simplest amino acid and is used as a metabolic product in some bacteria. However, an excess of glycine inhibits the growth of many bacteria, and it is used as a nonspecific antiseptic agent due to its low level of toxicity in animals. The effect of glycine on Helicobacter pylori is not precisely known. The present study was conducted to investigate (i) the effect of glycine on clarithromycin...
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