Simon W J Gould

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Affiliation: Kingston University
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Anti-microbial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by cupric sulphate against clinical isolates of S. aureus, MRSA and PVL positive CA-MSSA
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, London KT1 2EE, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 9:23. 2009
  2. ncbi The need for continued monitoring of antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from London and Malta
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK, KT1 2EE
    Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 9:20. 2010
  3. ncbi Antimicrobial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by addition of metal salts and vitamin C
    Erin M McCarrell
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 8:64. 2008
  4. ncbi Enhancement of antimicrobial activities of whole and sub-fractionated white tea by addition of copper (II) sulphate and vitamin C against Staphylococcus aureus; a mechanistic approach
    Andrew C Holloway
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston, London, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 11:115. 2011
  5. ncbi The effect of copper(II), iron(II) sulphate, and vitamin C combinations on the weak antimicrobial activity of (+)-catechin against Staphylococcus aureus and other microbes
    Andrew C Holloway
    School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, London KT1 2EE, UK
    Metallomics 4:1280-6. 2012
  6. ncbi The evaluation of novel chromogenic substrates for the detection of lipolytic activity in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA from two European study groups
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 297:10-6. 2009
  7. ncbi UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK
    J Med Microbiol 57:1394-8. 2008

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Anti-microbial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by cupric sulphate against clinical isolates of S. aureus, MRSA and PVL positive CA-MSSA
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, London KT1 2EE, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 9:23. 2009
    ..Recently, natural products have been evaluated as sources of antimicrobial agents with efficacies against a variety of micro-organisms...
  2. ncbi The need for continued monitoring of antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from London and Malta
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK, KT1 2EE
    Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 9:20. 2010
    ..In this study, multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) profiles against fourteen antimicrobial drugs were investigated for 705 isolates of S. aureus collected from two European study sites in the UK (London) and Malta...
  3. ncbi Antimicrobial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by addition of metal salts and vitamin C
    Erin M McCarrell
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 8:64. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial activities of combinations of pomegranate rind extracts (PRE) with a range of metals salts with the added stabiliser vitamin C...
  4. ncbi Enhancement of antimicrobial activities of whole and sub-fractionated white tea by addition of copper (II) sulphate and vitamin C against Staphylococcus aureus; a mechanistic approach
    Andrew C Holloway
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston, London, UK
    BMC Complement Altern Med 11:115. 2011
    ..g. pomegranate extract by copper (II) sulphate is known. Such combinations have applications in various settings, including the identification of novel compositions to study, treat and control infection...
  5. ncbi The effect of copper(II), iron(II) sulphate, and vitamin C combinations on the weak antimicrobial activity of (+)-catechin against Staphylococcus aureus and other microbes
    Andrew C Holloway
    School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, London KT1 2EE, UK
    Metallomics 4:1280-6. 2012
    ..Catechin may provide a means of lowering copper(II) or iron(II) contents in certain crop protection and other products...
  6. ncbi The evaluation of novel chromogenic substrates for the detection of lipolytic activity in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA from two European study groups
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 297:10-6. 2009
    ..These novel chromogens can be used for lipase enzyme detection and have application for full characterization of numerous S. aureus lipases...
  7. ncbi UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta
    Simon W J Gould
    School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK
    J Med Microbiol 57:1394-8. 2008
    ..4 % of all Maltese isolates. The appearance of the same MRSA and EMRSA profiles in two separate countries suggests that MRSA can be transferred out of their country of origin and potentially establish in a new locality or country...