Influence of temperature on the inhibitory potency of Eucalyptus honey against Candida albicans

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL2, 2012, Pages

  Moussa, Ahmed ^a   Noureddine, Djeblin ^b   Saad, Aissat ^a   Abdelmalek, Meslem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida albicans; Heating; Honey

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; AGAR; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACIDITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BATH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DILUTION; DRUG POTENCY; EUCALYPTUS; HEATING; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84871801356     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60222-9     Document Type: Article

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