In vitro activity of natural honey alone and in combination with curcuma starch against Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in correlation with bioactive compounds and diastase activity

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 816-821

  Ahmed, Moussa ^a   Djebli, Noureddine ^a   Aissat, Saad ^a   Khiati, Baghdad ^a   Meslem, Abdelmalek ^a   Bacha, Salima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Bioactive Compounds; Curcuma starch; Diastase number; Honey; Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; AMYLASE; CURCUMA STARCH; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURCUMA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CURCUMA STARCH; DIASTASE NUMBER; HONEY; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

AMYLASES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CURCUMA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVONOIDS; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOLS; RHODOTORULA; STARCH;

EID: 84883811455     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60161-6     Document Type: Article

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