Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties of propolis extracts from Greece and Cyprus

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 452-461

  Kalogeropoulos, Nick ^a   Konteles, Spyros J ^b   Troullidou, Elena ^a   Mourtzinos, Ioannis ^a   Karathanos, Vaios T ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Nisin; Propolis; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; EMODIN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; NISIN; PHENOL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPOLIS; TERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; GREECE; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 67349101567     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.02.060     Document Type: Article

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