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New paper on Ellagic Acid Glycosides

cquave March 24, 2017 March 24, 2017Quave Research News biofilm, drug discovery, MRSA, synthetic chemistry

We have a new research publication out this week in collaboration with the Weinert lab at Emory. It is available via open access HERE. Fontaine, B.M., K. Nelson, J.T. Lyles, P.B. Jariwala, J. M. Garcia-Rodriguez, C.L. Quave, E.E. Weinert. (2017) Identification of Ellagic Acid Rhamnoside as a Bioactive Component of…

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