Activity of Bulgarian propolis against 94 Helicobacter pylori strains in vitro by agar-well diffusion, agar dilution and disc diffusion methods

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 481-483

  Boyanova, Lyudmila ^a   Gergova, Galina ^a   Nikolov, Rossen ^b   Derejian, Sirigan ^b   Lazarova, Elena ^c   Katsarov, Nikolai ^d   Mitov, Ivan ^a   Krastev, Zacharii ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST IVAN RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^c Pediatric Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^d Alexander Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BULGARIAN PROPOLIS; PROPOLIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROPOLIS;

EID: 18044386342     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45880-0     Document Type: Article

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