Antibacterial activity of honey against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 961-964

  Mandal, Shyamapada ^a   DebMandal, Manisha ^b   Pal, Nishith Kumar ^a   Saha, Krishnendu ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical bacteria; Honey; Minimum bactericidal concentration; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Partial inhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APIS INDICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; HONEYBEE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 78651438361     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60009-6     Document Type: Article

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