Quorum sensing inhibitory and antimicrobial activities of honeys and the relationship with individual phenolics

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1337-1344

  Truchado, P ^a   Lopez Galvez F ^a   Gil, M I ^a   Tomas Barberan F A ^a   Allende, A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti QS activity; Antipathogenic activity; Cell to cell communication; Chestnut honey; QSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049116969     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.065     Document Type: Article

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