Anti-microbial activity of urine after ingestion of cranberry: A pilot study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Lee, Yee Lean ^a   Najm, Wadie I ^b   Owens, John ^a   Thrupp, Laurie ^a   Baron, Sheryl ^a   Shanbrom, Edward ^a   Cesario, Thomas ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti microbial activity; Cranberry; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CRANBERRY EXTRACT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE; URINE PH;

EID: 77952220107     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem183     Document Type: Article

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