Compounds from Allium species with cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 769-791

  Lanzotti, Virginia ^a   Scala, Felice ^a   Bonanomi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Anticancer activity; Antioxidant activity; Garlic; Onion

Indexed keywords

12 KETO PORRIGENIN; 2,3 SECO PORRIGENIN; AJOENE; ALLICIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; CEPOSIDES B; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TETRASULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DIOSGENIN BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; DIPROPYL DISULFIDE; ERUBOSIDE B; GARLIC EXTRACT; ISO ERUBOSIDE B; MINUTOSIDE B; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PRO DESGALACTOTIGONIN; PROTO ERUBOSIDE B; PROTO ISO ERUBOSIDE B; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SATIVOSIDE B1; SATIVOSIDE R1; SATIVOSIDE R2; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOGHIEROSIDES A;

ALLIUM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GARLIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84912041668     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-014-9366-0     Document Type: Review

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