Are high proanthocyanidins key to cranberry efficacy in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection?

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1559-1567

  Vostalova, Jitka ^a   Vidlar, Ales ^b   Simanek, Vilim ^a   Galandakova, Adela ^a   Kosina, Pavel ^a   Vacek, Jan ^a   Vrbkova, Jana ^a   Zimmermann, Benno F ^c,d   Ulrichova, Jitka ^a   Student, Vladimir ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Institut Prof Dr Georg Kurz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical chemistry markers; haematology; recurrent; urinary metabolites; urinary tract infection; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; DRUG METABOLITE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH; CHEMISTRY; CRANBERRY; FRUIT; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT SEED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; SEEDS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943583055     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5427     Document Type: Article

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