Antimicrobial potential of polyphenols extracted from almond skins

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-89

  Mandalari, G ^a,b   Bisignano, C ^a   D'Arrigo, M ^a   Ginestra, G ^a   Arena, A ^a   Tomaino, A ^a   Wickham, M S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Almond skins; Antimicrobials; By products; Flavonoids; Synergism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BYPRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHENOLS; YEAST;

ALMOND SKIN; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOBOLOGRAMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; NATURAL SKIN; PAIR-WISE COMBINATIONS; POLYPHENOLS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA;

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; ISORHAMNETIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; NARINGENIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL;

ANTAGONISM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNERGISM; YEAST;

ALMOND; ALMOND SKIN; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PRUNUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLAVONOIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS; PRUNUS;

EID: 77953482824     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02862.x     Document Type: Article

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