Antibacterial properties of tualang honey and its effect in burn wound management: A comparative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nasir, Nur Azida M ^a   Halim, Ahmad S ^a   Singh, Kirnpal Kaur B ^a   Dorai, Ananda A ^a   Haneef, Mehru Nisha M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; SILVER; TUALANG HONEY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BURN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HONEY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APITHERAPY; BACTERIUM; BANDAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APITHERAPY; BACTERIA; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HONEY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955136790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-31     Document Type: Article

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