The application is directed to a method of inhibiting or reducing growth of clinical isolate bacteria comprising contacting the clinical isolate with a composition comprising glutathione, a glutathione derivative, a glutathione conjugate, a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or any combination thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of malonic acid monoamides and malonamide esters of the formula (I)

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wherein the variables are as defined in the claims and the description, for controlling unwanted vegetation, to a method for combatting unwanted vegetation by using such compounds, to compositions comprising such compounds and to certain malonic acid monoamides and malonamide esters of the formula (I).

The present invention relates to the use of malonic acid monoamides and malonamide esters of the formula (I)

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wherein the variables are as defined in the claims and the description, for controlling unwanted vegetation, to a method for combatting unwanted vegetation by using such compounds, to compositions comprising such compounds and to certain malonic acid monoamides and malonamide esters of the formula (I).

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying in soil or water to control the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof.

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying in soil or water to control the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) a pyridine carboxylate herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable N-oxide, salt, or ester thereof and (b) a synthetic auxin herbicide, an auxin transport inhibitor, agriculturally acceptable salts or esters thereof, or combinations thereof.