The effects of conventional and non-conventional processing on glucosinolates and its derived forms, isothiocyanates: extraction, degradation, and applications

Q Deng, KG Zinoviadou, CM Galanakis, V Orlien… - Food Engineering …, 2015 - Springer
In recent decades, glucosinolates and isothiocyanates have attracted the interest of scientific
community due to healthy properties of these bioactive compounds and their role as natural …

The antibacterial properties of isothiocyanates

V Dufour, M Stahl, C Baysse - Microbiology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are natural plant products generated by the enzymic hydrolysis of
glucosinolates found in Brassicaceae vegetables. These natural sulfur compounds and their …

[HTML][HTML] Sub-MICs of Mentha piperita essential oil and menthol inhibits AHL mediated quorum sensing and biofilm of Gram-negative bacteria

FM Husain, I Ahmad, MS Khan, E Ahmad… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) is a density dependent communication system that regulates
the expression of certain genes including production of virulence factors in many pathogens …

Insights on antimicrobial resistance, biofilms and the use of phytochemicals as new antimicrobial agents

A Borges, MJ Saavedra… - Current medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most serious public health problems. This is of
particular concern when bacteria become resistant to various antimicrobial agents …

[HTML][HTML] Mini review of phytochemicals and plant taxa with activity as microbial biofilm and quorum sensing inhibitors

CAK Ta, JT Arnason - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Microbial biofilms readily form on many surfaces in nature including plant surfaces. In order
to coordinate the formation of these biofilms, microorganisms use a cell-to-cell …

Antibacterial activity and mode of action of selected glucosinolate hydrolysis products against bacterial pathogens

A Borges, AC Abreu, C Ferreira, MJ Saavedra… - Journal of food science …, 2015 - Springer
Plants contain numerous components that are important sources of new bioactive molecules
with antimicrobial properties. Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are plant secondary metabolites found …

The impact of plant volatiles on bacterial quorum sensing

A Ahmad, AM Viljoen, HY Chenia - Letters in applied …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Studies describing the use of essential oil constituents as antimicrobial agents have steadily
increased; however, some phyto‐constituents are often overlooked due to unfavourable …

Resveratrol inclusion complexes: antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity against Campylobacter spp. and Arcobacter butzleri

A Duarte, AC Alves, S Ferreira, F Silva… - Food Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Worldwide, the consumption or handling of contaminated food has been described as one of
the major causes of foodborne illness with campylobacteriosis being the most commonly …

Anti-biofilm and cytotoxicity activity of impregnated dressings with silver nanoparticles

JL Velázquez-Velázquez, A Santos-Flores… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Infections arising from bacterial adhesion and colonization on chronic wounds are a
significant healthcare problem. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) impregnated in dressing have …

Quercetin sensitizes fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans to induce apoptotic cell death by modulating quorum sensing

BN Singh, DK Upreti, BR Singh, G Pandey… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Quorum sensing (QS) regulates group behaviors of Candida albicans such as biofilm,
hyphal growth, and virulence factors. The sesquiterpene alcohol farnesol, a QS molecule …