Antimicrobial activity of some italian honeys against pathogenic bacteria

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 1015-1020

  Fidaleo, Marco ^a   Zuorro, Antonio ^a   Lavecchia, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCORPORATION METHOD; NATURAL-ANTIMICROBIALS; OUTER MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; TOPICAL APPLICATION;

BACTERIA;

EID: 79955485798     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1124170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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