A Survey of the in vitro antifungal activity of heather (Erica Sp.) Organic honey

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1284-1288

  Feás, Xesú ^a   Estevinho, María L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

antifungal effects; Candida albicans; Candida krusei; Cryptococcus neoformans; Erica species; honey

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ERICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ERICA; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HEATHER HONEY; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; ERICACEAE; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CALLUNA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ERICA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 80054057432     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0211     Document Type: Article

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