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Influence of phenolic compounds of Kangra tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O Kuntze] on bacterial pathogens and indigenous bacterial probiotics of Western Himalayas

Overview of attention for article published in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, September 2013
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Title
Influence of phenolic compounds of Kangra tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O Kuntze] on bacterial pathogens and indigenous bacterial probiotics of Western Himalayas
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Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, September 2013
DOI 10.1590/s1517-83822013000300007
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Aditi Sourabh, S.S. Kanwar, R.G. Sud, Arti Ghabru, O.P. Sharma

Abstract

Phenolic compounds of nutraceutical importance viz., catechins (C), (-)-epicatechin (EC), (-)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG) were estimated in fresh green tea shoots of Camellia sinensis (L) O Kuntze cultivar. The total polyphenols and total catechins were in the range of 219.90 to 317.81 and 140.83 to 271.39 g/kg, respectively in monthly samples of tea. The values of C, EC, EGC, EGCG and ECG in tea powders as analyzed through high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were in the range of 1.560 to 3.661, 13.338 to 27.766, 26.515 to 39.597, 62.903 to 102.168 and 18.969 to 39.469 mg/g, respectively. Effect of tea extracts and standard flavanols against five pathogenic bacteria viz., Listeria monocytogenes (MTCC-839), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC-741), Bacillus cereus (MTCC-1272), Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC-96) and Escherichia coli (MTCC-443), and eleven indigenous potential bacterial probiotics belonging to genera Enterococcus, Bacillus and Lactobacillus spp. obtained from fermented foods of Western Himalayas, was investigated. EGCG, ECG and EGC exhibited antibacterial activity but, C and EC did not show this activity. Tea extracts having high concentrations of EGCG and ECG were more potent in antibacterial action against bacterial pathogens. Tea extracts and standard flavan-3-ols augmented viability of potential probiotics in an order of EGCG > EGC > ECG > EC > C. Tea extracts and standard flavanols had no antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli (MTCC-443) but, in combination with probiotic culture supernatants, this activity was seen. The Kangra tea thus, exerts antibacterial effect on bacterial pathogens through EGCG, ECG and EGC constituents while stimulatory effect on growth of indigenous potential probiotics.

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Country Count As %
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 42 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 21%
Other 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Researcher 3 7%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 14 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 23%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Chemistry 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 16 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 September 2021.
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#7,959,659
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Outputs from Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
#171
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#65,337
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Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
#4
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