Antibacterial activity of selected Malaysian honey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zainol, Mohd Izwan ^a   Mohd Yusoff, Kamaruddin ^b   Mohd Yusof, Mohd Yasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CANIK BASARI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Equivalent phenol concentration (EPC); Malaysian honey; Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC); Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Non peroxide activity

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDE;

ACACIA; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELAM HONEY; HONEY; KELULUT HONEY; MALAYSIA; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAPPLE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUALANG HONEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BEES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84878697346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-129     Document Type: Article

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