Abstract:
The present invention relates to solid phase or solution phase combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs. The present invention also relates to autoinducer agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for identifying autoinducer agonists and antagonists, as well as methods for regulating the activity of an autoinducer receptor, regulating biofilm formation, regulating growth or virulence of an organism in a subject, inhibiting the quorum sensing mechanism of an organism, and treating an infection in a subject caused by an organism possessing a quorum sensing mechanism which use the autoinducer analogs of the present invention.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a new amide compound and salt thereof that is capable of inhibiting biofilm formation or removing deposited biofilms. The present invention also provides a biofilm formation inhibitor or a biofilm remover containing the amide compound or salt thereof as an active ingredient.An amide compound or salt thereof according to the present invention is denoted by General Formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, R2 is a C5-12 alkyl group, and Q is a substituent denoted by Formula (Q1) or (Q2), wherein n and m are 0 or 1.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a biofilm stripping agent for removing biofilms already formed. The biofilm stripping agent of the present invention contains, as an active ingredient, an amide compound or salt thereof denoted by General Formula (1), wherein R is a C1-11 alkyl group, and Q is a substituent denoted by the following Formulas (Q1), (Q2) or (Q3), wherein, in Formula (Q1), n is an integer ranging from 0 to 4; in Formula (Q2), R1 is a C1-4 alkyl group, and R2 is a hydroxyl group or carbamoyl group; in Formula (Q3), R3 is a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group or carbamoyl group.