Synthesis of 2-methoxy benzoquinone and 2,6-dimethoxybenzoquinone by selected lactic acid bacteria during sourdough fermentation of wheat germ

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rizzello, Carlo Giuseppe ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^b   Coda, Rossana ^a   Reipsch, Franziska ^b   Nionelli, Luana ^a   Curiel, José Antonio ^a   Gobbetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

glucosidase activity; Cancer; Lactic acid bacteria; Quinones; Wheat germ

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXY BENZOQUINONE; 2,6 DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FERMENTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS ROSSIAE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAW FOOD; TUMOR CELL LINE; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA; WHEAT GERM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS ROSSIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BENZOQUINONES; BREAD; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; TRITICUM;

EID: 84887346863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-105     Document Type: Article

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