The effects of honey on leishmania parasites: An in vitro study

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-38

  Bassam, Zeina ^a,b   Zohra, Ben Ichouch ^c   Saada, Al Assad ^a  

^a Teshreen Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERICIDE; CEFALORIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HONEY; LEISHMANIASIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0030834120     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00494755970270S112     Document Type: Article

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