Antimicrobial activity of different Saudi Arabia honeys

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-59

  Hegazi, Ahmed G ^a   Abd Allah, Fyrouz M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Honey; KSA

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84863187109     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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