Investigating the antimicrobial activity of natural honey and its effects on the pathogenic bacterial infections of surgical wounds and conjunctiva

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-222

  Al Waili, Noori S ^a  

^a Medical Research Laboratories   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Conjunctivitis; Heating; Honey; Storage; Ultraviolet; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HONEY EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; OFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HONEY; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HONEY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICE; PROTEUS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 3042834677     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1096620041224139     Document Type: Article

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