Bactericidal Activity of Curcumin I Is Associated with Damaging of Bacterial Membrane

Poonam Tyagi; Madhuri Singh; Himani Kumari; Anita Kumari; Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121313

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Bactericidal Activity of Curcumin I Is Associated with Damaging of Bacterial Membrane

Poonam Tyagi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Madhuri Singh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Himani Kumari ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Anita Kumari,

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

* E-mail: kasturim@mail.jnu.ac.in

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Bactericidal Activity of Curcumin I Is Associated with Damaging of Bacterial Membrane

Poonam Tyagi,
Madhuri Singh,
Himani Kumari,
Anita Kumari,
Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

Published: March 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121313

About the Authors

Poonam Tyagi

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

Madhuri Singh

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

Himani Kumari

Contributed equally to this work with: Poonam Tyagi, Madhuri Singh, Himani Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

Anita Kumari

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

Kasturi Mukhopadhyay

* E-mail: kasturim@mail.jnu.ac.in

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM MS. Performed the experiments: PT MS HK AK. Analyzed the data: PT MS HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM. Wrote the paper: KM MS PT.

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