Antimicrobial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by addition of metal salts and vitamin C
Open Access
- 15 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Vol. 8 (1), 64
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-8-64
Abstract
Punica granatum L. or pomegranates, have been reported to have antimicrobial activity against a range of Gram positive and negative bacteria. Pomegranate formulations containing ferrous salts have enhanced although short-term, antibacteriophage activities which are rapidly diminished owing to instability of the ferrous combination. The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial activities of combinations of pomegranate rind extracts (PRE) with a range of metals salts with the added stabiliser vitamin C.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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