The antimicrobial activity of honey, bee pollen loads and beeswax from Slovakia

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 927-934

  Kacániová, Miroslava ^a,c   Vukovic N ^b,c   Chlebo, R ^a,c   Hascik P ^a,c   Rovná, Katarína ^a,c   Cubon, J ^a,c   Dzugan, Malgorzata ^a,c   Pasternakiewicz, Anna ^a,c  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bee pollen; Bee products; Beeswax; Microscopic fungi; Pathogenic bacteria; Propolis; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867868225     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1203927K     Document Type: Article

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