Evaluation of the medicinal use of clay minerals as antibacterial agents

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 745-770

  Williams, Lynda B ^a   Haydel, Shelley E ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial clay; Bentonite; French green clay; Medicinal minerals; Reduced iron; Skin disease; Smectite

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MEDICAL GEOLOGY; MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PATHOGEN; PH; REDOX POTENTIAL; SKIN DISORDER; SMECTITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 77951993040     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206811003679737     Document Type: Article

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