Antifungal and antibacterial activity of propolis

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-308

  Majiene, D ^a   Trumbeckaite, S ^a   Pavilonis, A ^a   Savickas, A ^a   Martirosyan, D M ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Chemical composition; Propolis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPOLIS; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LITHUANIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

APOIDEA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 36248934820     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573401310703040304     Document Type: Review

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