Bioactive polar natural compounds from garlic and onions

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 179-196

  Lanzotti, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allium; Biological activity; Cymmanic N amides; Food plants; Garlic; Onion; Phenols; Sapogenins; Saponins

Indexed keywords

AGAPANTHAGENIN; ALLIOGENIN; CEPOSIDE A; CEPOSIDE B; CEPOSIDE C; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; ELBURZENSOSIDE A1; ELBURZENSOSIDE A2; FUROSTANE; HIRTIFOLIOSIDE A; HIRTIFOLIOSIDE B; HIRTIFOLIOSIDE C; HIRTIFOLIOSIDE D; KAEMPFEROL; MINUTOSIDE A; MINUTOSIDE B; MINUTOSIDE C; N FERULOYL AMIDE; N FERULOYLTYRAMINE; N FERULOYLTYROSINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; SPIROSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOGHIEROSIDE A; VOGHIEROSIDE B; VOGHIEROSIDE C; VOGHIEROSIDE C1; VOGHIEROSIDE C2;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM ATROVIOLACEUM; ALLIUM ELBURZENSE; ALLIUM MINUTIFLORUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GARLIC; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM ATROVIOLACEUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM HIRTIFOLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84876415939     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-012-9247-3     Document Type: Review

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