In vitro activity of capsaicin against Helicobacter pylori

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-127

  Yildiz Zeyrek, Fadile ^a,b   Oguz, Elif ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Capsaicin; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 21244484716     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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