Polyphenols as antimicrobial agents

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Daglia, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; HIGHER PLANTS; HUMAN ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPHENOLS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

DRUG THERAPY; PHENOLS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ACICLOVIR; BIFONAZOLE; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ELLAGITANNIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GALANGIN; GALLIC ACID; IZALPININ; KAEMPFEROL; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NEOLIGNAN; OXACILLIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; RHAMNETIN; RHAMONCITRIN; RIFAMPICIN; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; VIRUSES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84859161959     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.08.007     Document Type: Review

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