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. 2000 Sep;44(9):2514–2517. doi: 10.1128/aac.44.9.2514-2517.2000

TABLE 3.

MICs of a homologous series of N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxides for both S. aureus and E. coli

Compound MIC (μM)
S. aureus E. coli
C8 amine oxide 2.9 × 104 3.6 × 103
C10 amine oxide 3.1 × 103 340
C12 amine oxide 340 87
C14 amine oxide 62 31
C16 amine oxide 56 56
C18 amine oxide 102 390
C18(o) amine oxide 51 25