Infusions and decoctions of Castanea sativa flowers as effective antitumor and antimicrobial matrices

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-46

  Carocho, Márcio ^a,b   Calhelha, Ricardo C ^a,c   Queiroz, Maria João R P ^c   Bento, Albino ^a   Morales, Patricia ^b   Soković, Marina ^d   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antitumor; Castanea sativa; Decoction; Infusion

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DRUG INFUSION; FRUITS; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-TUMORS; ANTIBACTERIAL; CASTANEA SATIVA; DECOCTION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLOWER; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH CARE; TREE;

PORTUGAL;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 84906768907     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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