Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. Controlling bacterial infections by quenching their quorum sensing systems is a promising field of study. The expression of specific target genes, such as transcriptional regulators...

Luteolin is a polyphenolic flavone found in many plants including soybeans and perilla leaves. Luteolin is one of the most potent flavanoid inhibitors of soybean and reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenases, with an IC50 of 0.6 µM. Luteolin has also been found to inhibit the release of TNFalpha from neutrophils, and to inhibit...