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Robertson Pratt
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 59
Citations - 1390
Robertson Pratt is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Penicillin & Chlorella vulgaris. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 59 publications receiving 1323 citations. Previous affiliations of Robertson Pratt include Brooklyn College.
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Fluorescence of powdered vegetable drugs with particular reference to development of a system of identification.
Charles R. Chase,Robertson Pratt +1 more
TL;DR: A key for identification of powdered vegetable drugs based on their fluorescence under ultraviolet radiation is presented and possible application of the method and its shortcomings are discussed.
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Chlorellin, an antibacterial substance from chlorella
Robertson Pratt,T. C. Daniels,John J. Eiler,J. B. Gunnison,W. D. Kumler,John F. Oneto,Louis A. Strait,H. A. Spoehr,G. J. Hardin,Harold W. Milner,James H. C. Smith,Harold H. Strain +11 more
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Report on antibiotic activity of seaweed extracts
TL;DR: Several species of marine algae collected during the hl and sring on the central California coast produced extracts that inhibited the growth in vitro of one or more of the following species of bacteria: Staphyococcus aureus, Eschericbia coli, and Pseudomonas aerugimsa (pyocyunea).
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Studies on chlorella vulgaris. x. influence of the age of the culture on the accumulation of chlorellin
TL;DR: To ascertain the course of accumulation of this antibiotic agent in growing cultures of Chlorella vulgaris with a view to determining the age at which the maximum quantity of the active compound may be obtained from the external solution.
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Cytochemical interpretation of the mechanism of penicillin action.
Robertson Pratt,Jean Dufrenoy +1 more
TL;DR: The penicillins owe their outstanding therapeutic position to the fact that they exert a strong selective action against certain types of bacteria in concentrations far below those required to produce appreciable effects on animal tissues.