Antitubercular potential and pH-driven mode of action of salicylic acid derivatives Laudouze, J.; Francis, T.; Forest, E.; Mies, F.; Bolla, J.M.; Crauste, C.; Canaan, S.; Shlyonsky, V.; Santucci, P.; Cavalier, J.-F. In the search for new antituberculosis drugs with novel mechanisms of action, we evaluated the antimycobacterial activity of a panel of eight phenolic acids against four pathogenic mycobacterial model species, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis . We demonstrated