Honey as complementary medicine - A review

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Singh, M P ^a   Chourasia, Hemant Ramesh ^a   Agarwal, Manish ^a   Malhotra, Akhil ^b   Sharma, Mukesh ^b   Sharma, Deepak ^c   Khan, Sheeba ^a  

^a PEOPLE S COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Training and Research Centre   (India)

^c JAIPUR DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Commercial applications; Honey; Medicine; Types

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; CHOLINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DEFENSIN; DITERPENOID; FLAVANOID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INSULIN; MINERAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYPHENOL; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENT; TRYPSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ACIDITY; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALMOND; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLADDER CANCER; BOTULISM; BREAST CARCINOMA; BURN; BURULI ULCER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLON CARCINOMA; COST; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG DISEASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INCREASED APPETITE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METASTASIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREBIOTIC ACTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STOMACH ULCER; STORAGE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOXICITY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS LIMON; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84869199363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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