The antibacterial activity of honey derived from Australian flora

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Irish, Julie ^a   Blair, Shona ^a   Carter, Dee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEROXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; HONEY; LEPTOSPERMUM POLYGALIFOLIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SAMPLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

APOIDEA; CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM POLYGALIFOLIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; GEOGRAPHY; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEROXIDES; PHENOLS; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953131468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018229     Document Type: Article

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