¿Does cranberry juice have bacteriostatic activity?;¿Es bacteriostático el jugo de arándano?

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 442-446

  Monroy Torres, Rebeca ^a   Macías, Alejandro E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b Hospital de Leon   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteriostatic; Bacteriuria; Urinary tract infection; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOSTASIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY; DILUTION; DRINKING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; URINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; URINE; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 24044468674     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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