Year 2015

• Inspired by Nature: The Use of Plant-derived Substrate/Enzyme Combinations to Generate Antimicrobial Activity in situ

  Publication

  • E. C. Estevam
  • S. Griffin
  • M. J. Nasim
  • D. Zieliński
  • J. Aszyk
  • M. Osowicka
  • N. Dawidowska
  • R. Idroes
  • A. Bartoszek-Pączkowska
  • C. Jacob

  - Natural Product Communications - Year 2015

  The last decade has witnessed a renewed interest in antimicrobial agents. Plants have received particular attention and frequently rely on the spontaneous enzymatic conversion of an inactive precursor to an active agent. Such two-component substrate/enzyme defence systems can be reconstituted ex vivo. Here, the alliin/alliinase system from garlic seems to be rather effective against Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whilst the glucosinolate/myrosinase...

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• Simultaneous Determination of Indolic Compounds in Plant Extracts by Solid-Phase Extraction and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with UV and Fluorescence Detection

  Publication

  • T. Pilipczuk
  • N. Dawidowska
  • B. Kusznierewicz
  • J. Namieśnik
  • A. Bartoszek-Pączkowska

  - Food Analytical Methods - Year 2015

  A high-performance liquid chromatographic method with UV and fluorescence detection (HPLC-DAD-FLD) was developed for simultaneous determination of indolic compounds in plant material. Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), indole-3-acetic acid (I3AA), indole-3-acetonitrile (I3ACN), and 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM) were used as representative compounds that cover a wide spectrum of indole structures occurring in nature. For concentration and purification...

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