Antimicrobial properties of Dead Sea black mineral mud

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 504-511

  Ma'or, Zeev ^a,b   Henis, Yigal ^b,c   Alon, Yaacov ^c   Orlov, Elina ^c   Sørensen, Ketil B ^d   Oren, Aharon ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Bactochem Ltd   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; MINERAL; SULFATE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INOCULATION; MUD THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RADIATION STERILIZATION; SALINITY; SEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINERALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646191673     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02621.x     Document Type: Article

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