Antibacterial activity of honey from stingless honeybees (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Meliponinae)

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-285

  Temaru, Emi ^a   Shimura, Satoshi ^a   Amano, Kazuhiro ^b   Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honey; Non peroxide antibacterial activity; Propolis; Stingless honeybees

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HONEY; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STINGLESS BEE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

APIDAE; APINAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38649119745     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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