Antibacterial activity of different honeys against pathogenic bacteria

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-379

  Voidarou, C ^a   Alexopoulos, A ^b   Plessas, S ^b   Karapanou, A ^c   Mantzourani, I ^b   Stavropoulou, E ^b   Fotou, K ^a   Tzora, A ^a   Skoufos, I ^a   Bezirtzoglou, E ^b  

^a Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c General Dental Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antibiotics; Honey; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTIOFUR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CONIFEROUS HONEY; DILUTION; ENTERICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYFLORAL HONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THYME HONEY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CITRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SUBSP. AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 80054784047     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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