title: Antimicrobial Properties of Teas and Their Extracts in vitro.
abstract: Tea has recently received the attention of pharmaceutical and scientific communities due to the plethora of natural therapeutic compounds. As a result, numerous researches have been published in a bid to validate their biological activity. Moreover, major attention has been drawn to antimicrobial activities of tea. Being rich in phenolic compounds, tea has the preventive potential for colon, esophageal, and lung cancers, as well as urinary infections and dental caries, among others. The venture of this review was to illustrate the emerging findings on the antimicrobial properties of different teas and tea extracts, which have been obtained from several in vitro studies investigating the effects of these extracts against different microorganisms. Resistance to antimicrobial agents has become an increasingly important and urgent global problem. The extracts of tea origin as antimicrobial agents with new mechanisms of resistance would serve an alternative way of antimicrobial chemotherapy targeting the inhibition of microbial growth and the spread of antibiotic resistance with potential use in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries.
authors: a Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology , Bihar Agricultural University , Sabour, Bhagalpur , Bihar , India.
authors: Md Wasim
authors: MW
authors: Siddiqui
authors: b Department of Spices and Plantation Crops , Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya , Mohanpur, Nadia, Kalyani , West Bengal , India.
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Sharangi
authors: a Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology , Bihar Agricultural University , Sabour, Bhagalpur , Bihar , India.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Singh
authors: c Department of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops , Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya , Mohanpur, Nadia, Kalyani , West Bengal , India.
authors: Pran K
authors: PK
authors: Thakur
authors: d Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD, AC), La Victoria . Hermosillo , Sonora , México.
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Ayala-Zavala
authors: e Postgraduate Department of Botany , Government M. S. J. Postgraduate College , Bharatpur Rajasthan , India.
authors: Archana
authors: A
authors: Singh
authors: c Department of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops , Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya , Mohanpur, Nadia, Kalyani , West Bengal , India.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Dhua
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D028241:Camellia sinensis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005285:Fermentation; D044948:Flavonols / Q000032:analysis; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D013045:Species Specificity; D013662:Tea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D044948:Flavonols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D013662:Tea
keywords: Camellia sinensis; Tea; antimicrobial properties; food borne pathogen; phenolic compounds