Current clinical status on the preventive effects of cranberry consumption against urinary tract infections

Nutrition Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 595-607

  Vasileiou, Ioanna ^a,b   Katsargyris, Athanasios ^a,b   Theocharis, Stamatios ^b   Giaginis, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Clinical trials; Cranberry; Immune response; Inflammatory reaction; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

CRANBERRY EXTRACT; METHENAMINE HIPPURATE; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APPLE JUICE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSURIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOCTURIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLLAKISURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIALS; COX-2; CRANBERRY; CYCLOOXYGENASE-2; E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HBA; HCA; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; HYDROXYCINNAMIC; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY REACTION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LPS; NITRIC OXIDE; NO; PACS; PROANTHOCYANIDIN POLYMERS; SMX; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TMP; TNF-Α; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-Α; UA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URSOLIC ACID; UTI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROTHELIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84880721691     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2013.05.018     Document Type: Review

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