Cranberry and Recurrent Cystitis: More than Marketing?

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1063-1075

  Micali, Salvatore ^a   Isgro, Gianmarco ^a   Bianchi, Giampaolo ^a   Miceli, Natalizia ^b   Calapai, Gioacchino ^c   Navarra, Michele ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranberry; phytotherapy; proanthiocyanidine; recurrent cystitis

Indexed keywords

FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

CRANBERRY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROANTHIOCYANIDINE; RECURRENT CYSTITIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

NUTRITION;

FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

CHEMISTRY; CRANBERRY; CYSTITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CYSTITIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84893625419     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.625574     Document Type: Article

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