Antioxidant and antimicrobial capacity of several monofloral Cuban honeys and their correlation with color, polyphenol content and other chemical compounds

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 2490-2499

  Alvarez Suarez, Jose M ^a   Tulipani, Sara ^a   Díaz, Daimy ^b   Estevez, Yadiley ^b   Romandini, Stefania ^a   Giampieri, Francesca ^a   Damiani, Elisabetta ^a   Astolfi, Paola ^a   Bompadre, Stefano ^a   Battino, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b National Center of Apiculture Research   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidants activity; EPR spectroscopy; Monofloral Cuban honey; Phenolics compounds; Spin trapping

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRISTMAS VINE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHER PLANT; HONEY; LINEN VINE; MANGROVE; MORNING GLORY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPIN TRAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PLANT; POLLEN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLOR; CUBA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAVONOIDS; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; PLANTS; POLLEN; PROTEINS; POLYPHENOLS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA TRILOBA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURBINA CORYMBOSA;

EID: 77955055210     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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