Comparison of the antimicrobial activity of Ulmo honey from Chile and Manuka honey against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sherlock, Orla ^a,c   Dolan, Anthony ^a   Athman, Rahma ^a   Power, Alice ^a   Gethin, Georgina ^a   Cowman, Seamus ^a   Humphreys, Hilary ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMVITA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; ULMO 90; ULMO 90 HONEY; UMF 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNIQUE MANUKA FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILE; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA; HONEY; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; MANUKA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREE; ULMO; ANGIOSPERM; APITHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APITHERAPY; CHILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77956469867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-47     Document Type: Article

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