Chemistry and bioactivity of royal jelly from Greece

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 8987-8992

  Melliou, Eleni ^a   Chinou, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activities; Decanoic and dodecanoic acid derivatives; Fatty acids; Royal jelly

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FATTY ACID; ROYAL JELLY;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GREECE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GREECE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 28444485394     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf051550p     Document Type: Article

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