Phenolic constituents, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-proliferative activities of different endemic Italian varieties of garlic (Allium sativum L.)

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 240-248

  Fratianni, Florinda ^a   Ombra, Maria Neve ^a   Cozzolino, Autilia ^a,c   Riccardi, Riccardo ^b   Spigno, Patrizia ^b   Tremonte, Patrizio ^c   Coppola, Raffaele ^a,c   Nazzaro, Filomena ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Unit of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allicin; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Antiproliferative; Garlic; UPLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957870053     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2015.12.019     Document Type: Article

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