Antibacterial activity of garlic and onions: A historical perspective

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 613-614

  Farbman, Karen S ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^a   Bolduc, Gilles R ^a   Klein, Jerome O ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Garlic; Medicinal plants; Onions

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARLIC; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAY FEVER; MORAXELLA; MYCOPLASMA; ONION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WOUND;

ALLIUM; BACTERIA; GARLIC; HUMAN; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SULFINIC ACIDS;

EID: 0027310596     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199307000-00013     Document Type: Article

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