Benzoquinone, the substance essential for antibacterial activity in aqueous extracts from succulent young shoots of the pear Pyrus spp.

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Jin, Shigeki ^a   Sato, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Arbutin; Bacterial shoot blight disease; Benzoquinone; Erwinia amylovora; Hydroquinone; Pear; Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim.; Rosaceae (III)

Indexed keywords

2,5 CYCLOHEXADIENE 1,4 DIONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE BETA D GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; ERWINIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PEAR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; SHOOT;

AGING; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROQUINONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PYRUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS USSURIENSIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0037924508     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00444-2     Document Type: Article

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