Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	5945
Country	Portugal

Received	2013-09-28 21:59
Peer-Review Started	2013-09-30 12:14
To Make the First Decision	2013-11-12 19:04
Return for Revision	2013-11-15 14:31
Revised	2013-12-18 22:58
Second Decision	2014-03-06 17:48
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-03-06 18:20
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Overview of the phytomedicine approaches against Helicobacter pylori
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Filipa F Vale and Mónica Oleastro
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/EBB-EBI/119860/2010
Corresponding Author	Filipa F Vale, PhD, Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infec??es Associadas, Instituto de Medicina Molecular e Instituto de Investiga??o do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. vale.filipa@gmail.com
Key Words	Helicobacter pylori; Alternative treatment; Phytomedicine; Herbal medicine; Phytotherapy; Botanical therapy; Herb medicine; Probiotics; Antibiotic resistance
Core Tip	Considering the worldwide spread of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antibiotic resistance, therapeutic alternatives beyond antibiotics have been investigated during the last years, including vaccines, probiotics, photodynamic inactivation, phage therapy and phytomedicine, which are reviewed in the present paper, giving particular attention to phytomedicine. The manuscript offers an extensively referenced text about the effect of herbal medicines on H. pylori, describing the first applications of herbal medicine, passing by the category of performed studies, enumerating the tested compounds, identifying the active principle and the mode of action, and concluding with the limitations and promises of this old made new therapy.
Publish Date	2014-05-18 12:31
Citation	Vale FF, Oleastro M. Overview of the phytomedicine approaches against Helicobacter pylori. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5594-5609
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i19/5594.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5594

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