Sahara honey shows higher potency against Pseudomonas aeruginosa compared to north Algerian types of honey

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 712-714

  Boukraa, Laid ^a   Niar, Abdellatif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Honey; Pseudomonas; Sahara

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HONEY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 37549026787     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.256     Document Type: Article

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