Anthocyanins as antimicrobial agents of natural plant origin

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Cisowska, Agnieszka ^a   Wojnicz, Dorota ^a   Hendrich, Andrzej B ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antimicrobial activity; Berries; Flavonoids

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; CYANIDIN; CYANIDIN 3 ARABINOSIDE; CYANIDIN 3 GALACTOSIDE; CYANIDIN 3 GLYCOSIDE; CYANIDIN 3 RUTINOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN; DELPHINIDIN 3 ARABINOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 GALACTOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 GLYCOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 RUTINOSIDE; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE GLUCOSIDE; MALVINIDIN; PELARGONIDIN; PEONIDIN; PEONIDIN 3 ARABINOSIDE; PEONIDIN 3 GALACTOSIDE; PEONIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; PETUNIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; PETUNIDIN CHLORIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RASPBERRY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BERRY; BLACK CURRANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LINGONBERRY; NONHUMAN; RASPBERRY; RED CURRANT; REVIEW; SORBUS; STOMACH ABSORPTION; STRAWBERRY; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTINIA; PHOTINIA MELANOCARPA; POSIBACTERIA; RIBES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FRUIT; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79953006303     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600136     Document Type: Review

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