Biological activities of commercial bee pollens: Antimicrobial, antimutagenic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-239

  Pascoal, Ananias ^a   Rodrigues, Sandra ^a   Teixeira, Alfredo ^b   Feás, Xesus ^c   Estevinho, Leticia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antimutagenicity; Antioxidant activity; Bee pollen; Bioactive compounds; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HYALURONIDASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

APOIDEA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMUTAGENICITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEE POLLEN; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLLEN;

EID: 84889655033     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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