A review of monolaurin and lauric acid: Natural virucidal and bactericidal agents

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 310-314

  Lieberman, Shari ^a,b   Enig, Mary G ^c   Preuss, Harry G ^d  

^a New York Chiropractic College's ^*

^b NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Enig Associates Inc   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BACTERICIDE; GLYCEROL LAURATE; LAURIC ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SARCOMA VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 33845899130     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2006.12.310     Document Type: Review

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