How honey kills bacteria

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2576-2582

  Kwakman, Paulus H S ^a   Te Velde, Anje A ^a   De Boer, Leonie ^a   Speijer, Dave ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a,b   Zaat, Sebastian A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Drug resistance; Isolation and purification; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Peptides

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; DEFENSINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HONEY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PYRUVALDEHYDE;

APOIDEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77954434573     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-150789     Document Type: Article

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