Antibacterial activity of polyphenols

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 380-390

  Coppo, Erika ^a   Marchese, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Flavones; Flavonoids; Flavonols; Isoflavones; Proanthocyanidins; Synergy; Tannins

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; GALANGIN; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; ISOFLAVONE; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; NARINGENIN; PHENOLIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; RHAMNENTIN; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DAIDZEIN; FLAVONOL; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINOCEMBRINE; PROPOLIS; RHAMNETIN;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CRANBERRY JUICE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OAK; QUORUM SENSING; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PREVOTELLA ORALIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; TANNINS;

EID: 84907356984     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920101504140825121142     Document Type: Article

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