Akihiro Shirai

Syntheses and antimicrobial activities of a series of new bis-quaternary ammonium compounds

Hiroki Kourai, Tadao Yabuhara, Akihiro Shirai et al. · European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2006 · 122 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Antimicrobial Activities +6

Mutational Upregulation of a Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division-Type Multidrug Efflux Pump, SdeAB, upon Exposure to a Biocide, Cetylpyridinium Chloride, and Antibiotic Resistance in <i>Serratia marcescens</i>

Hideaki Maseda, Yumiko Hashida, Rumi Konaka et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2009 · 75 citations · Full text

Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Resistance +18

The Mode of the Antifungal Activity of Gemini-Pyridinium Salt against Yeast

Akihiro Shirai, Tomoko Sumitomo, MAYUKO KURIMOTO et al. · Biocontrol Science · 2009 · 55 citations · Full text

Gemini Quaternary Salt, Antifungal Agent, Biochemistry +13

Biosynthesis of a novel polysaccharide by Acetobacter xylinum

Akihiro Shirai, Mikio Takahashi, Hiroaki Kaneko et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 1994 · 49 citations

Biosynthesis, Novel Polysaccharide, Natural Product Biosynthesis +3

Biological and physicochemical properties of gemini quaternary ammonium compounds in which the positions of a cross-linking sulfur in the spacer differ

Akihiro Shirai, Takuya Maeda, Hideaki Nagamune et al. · European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2004 · 47 citations

Biochemistry, Physicochemical Analysis, Natural Sciences +9