Antibacterial and antioxidant potency of floral honeys from different botanical and geographical origins

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 10540-10549

  Alzahrani, Hasan A ^a,b   Alsabehi, Rashid ^a   Boukraâ, Laïd ^a,c   Abdellah, Fatiha ^c   Bellik, Yuva ^c   Bakhotmah, Balkees A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Honey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYPHENOL;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; HONEY; LAVENDER; LEPTOSPERMUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACACIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DAUCUS CAROTA; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; HONEY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAVANDULA; LEPTOSPERMUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYPHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866917859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules170910540     Document Type: Article

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