7,10-dihydroxy-8 (E) -Octadecenoic Acid

7,10-dihydroxy-8 (E) -Octadecenoic acid is a hydroxy fatty acid and metabolite of oleic acid that is produced byP. aeruginosafrom vegetable oils.1It is active against the food-borne pathogenic bacteriaS. aureus, S. typhimurium, L. monocytogenes, B. subtilis, andE. coli (MIC50s = 31.3, 125, 125, 62.5, and 250 μg/ml, respectively), as well as the plant pathogenic bacteriaErwinia, R. solanacearum, C. glutamicum, andP. syringae (MIC90s = 125, 125, 250, and 500 μg/ml, respectively) .2,1