The In vitro anti-viral activity of honey on type 1 Herpes simplex virus

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 849-852

  Ghapanchi, Jannan ^a   Moattari, Afagh ^b   Tadbir, Azadeh Andisheh ^a   Talatof, Zahra ^c   Shahidi, Sara Pour ^a   Ebrahimi, Hooman ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; Honey; HSV 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856415185     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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