Quality assessment and antimicrobial activity of various honey types of Pakistan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 6902-6906

  Gulfraz, Muhammad ^a   Iftikhar, Farida ^b   Raja, Shazia ^b   Asif, Saira ^a   Mehmood, Sajid ^b   Anwar, Zahid ^b   Kaukob, Ghazala ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b National Agriculture Council   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Flora; Honey types; Nutritional food; Sugar; Therapeutic agent

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; PROLINE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ACACIA; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ASH; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRASSICA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HONEY; JUJUBE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PH; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACACIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRASSICA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 78049458893     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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