Mechanism of honey bacteriostatic action against MRSA and VRE involves hydroxyl radicals generated from honey's hydrogen peroxide

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Brudzynski, Katrina ^a   Lannigan, Robert ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3' (P aminophenyl) fluorescein; Growth inhibition; Hydroxyl radicals; Mechanism of honey antibacterial activity; MRSA; VRE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866915699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00036     Document Type: Article

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