The antibacterial and antifungal effects of rhododendron derived mad honey and extracts of four rhododendron species

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Ertürk, Ömer ^a   Karakaş, Fatma Pehlivan ^b   Pehlivan, Derya ^a   Nas, Nurşah ^a  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; B. subtilis; C. albicans; E. coli; Mad honey; P. aeruginosa; Rhododendron sp.; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ERICACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON CAUCASICUM; RHODODENDRON LUTEUM; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM; RHODODENDRON SMIRNOVII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 66749150518     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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