Antimicrobial activity of different Egyptian honeys as comparison of Saudi Arabia honey

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-495

  Hegazi, Ahmed G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Gram negative; Gram positive; Growth inhibition; Honey

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SESAMUM INDICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 79956361576     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2011.488.495     Document Type: Article

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