Omani propolis: Chemical profiling, antibacterial activity and new propolis plant sources

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Popova, Milena ^a   Dimitrova, Rosa ^a   Al Lawati, Hassan T ^b   Tsvetkova, Iva ^c   Najdenski, Hristo ^c   Bankova, Vassya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acacia; Antibacterial activity; Azadiracta indica; Chemical profiling; Propolis; Propolis plant sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884296315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-7-158     Document Type: Article

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