Differences in composition of honey samples and their impact on the antimicrobial activities against drug multiresistant bacteria and pathogenic fungi

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-316

  AL Waili, Noori ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ahmad ^b   Ansari, Mohammad Javed ^b   Al Attal, Yehya ^b   Al Mubarak, Aarif ^b   Salom, Khelod ^a  

^a Waili Foundation for Science   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Flavonoids; Fungi; Honey; Hydrogen peroxide; Resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINERAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84879719715     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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