Honey's ability to counter bacterial infections arises from both bactericidal compounds and QS inhibition

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Rui ^a   Starkey, Melissa ^a,c   Hazan, Ronen ^a,b   Rahme, Laurence G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IYAR   (Israel)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti infective; Honey; Infection; MvfR(pqsR); Pseudomonas; QS inhibition; Quorum sensing; Sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863752193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00144     Document Type: Article

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