Comprehensive review of antimicrobial activities of plant flavonoids

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 241-272

  Górniak, Ireneusz ^a   Bartoszewski, Rafał ^b   Króliczewski, Jarosław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial mechanism; Antibiotic resistance; Medicinal plants; Nutraceuticals; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYLUPINIFOLINOL; 2,8 DIPRENYLERIODICTYOL; 3' O METHYLDIPLACOL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BARTERICIN A; CATECHIN; CHALCONE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL; DIPLACONE; FLAVANONE; FLAVANONOL; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GALANGIN; HESPERETIN; ISOBAVACHALCONE; ISOFLAVONE; ISOLUPALBIGENIN; NARINGENIN; PANDURATIN A; PINOCEMBRINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHAMNOISOROBIN; RUTOSIDE; SEPICANIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

EID: 85063587952     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-018-9591-z     Document Type: Review

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