Effect of jujube honey on Candida Albicans growth and biofilm formation

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 352-360

  Ansari, Mohammad Javed ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ahmad ^a   Usmani, Salma ^b   Al Waili, Noori S ^c   Sharma, Deepak ^a   Nuru, Adgaba ^a   Al Attal, Yehya ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DKM College for Women   (India)

^c Waili Foundation for Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biofilm; Candida albicans; Jujube honey; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HONEY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JUJUBE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZIZIPHUS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HONEY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYTOTHERAPY; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 84883322554     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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