[Advance in studies on antibacterial effect of flavonoids].
As antibiotic drug resistance has become one of the most serious threats to global public health, there is a pressing need to look for new effective therapeutic drugs. Flavonoids are a large class of chemicals widely exist in plants, and have such effects as direct antibiotics, synergistic antibiotics and inhibition of bacterial activity. In this article, we made a summary for the advance in studies on the antibacterial effects of flavonoids and their mechanism.
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China. youtinghuo@126.com
Ting-Huo
TH
You
Key Laboratory of Agro-Food Processing of Guangdong Province, Sericulture and Agro-Food Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510610, China.
Fan
F
Liu
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Lu
L
Wen
Key Laboratory of Agro-Food Processing of Guangdong Province, Sericulture and Agro-Food Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510610, China.
Yu-Xiao
YX
Zou
Key Laboratory of Agro-Food Processing of Guangdong Province, Sericulture and Agro-Food Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510610, China.
Sen-Tai
ST
Liao
Key Laboratory of Agro-Food Processing of Guangdong Province, Sericulture and Agro-Food Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510610, China.
Geng-Sheng
GS
Xiao
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005419:Flavonoids