Identification and quantification of methylglyoxal as the dominant antibacterial constituent of Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honeys from New Zealand

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Mavric, Elvira ^a   Wittmann, Silvia ^a   Barth, Gerold ^a   Henle, Thomas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,2 Dicarbonyl compounds; 3 Deoxyglucosulose; Bacteria; Glyoxal; Methylglyoxal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METHYLGLYOXAL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; LEPTOSPERMUM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEW ZEALAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; LEPTOSPERMUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; PYRUVALDEHYDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48649098085     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700282     Document Type: Article

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