Aqueous extracts and polysaccharides from Liquorice roots (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) inhibit adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric mucosa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-223

  Wittschier, Nicole ^a   Faller, Gerhard ^b   Hensel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b St Vincentius Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Antiadhesion; Fabaceae; Glycyrrhzia glabra L.; Helicobacter pylori; Hemagglutination; Liquorice; Polysaccharides; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE SECTION;

ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GLYCYRRHIZA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 68849125227     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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