Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of honey collected from Timergara (Dir, Pakistan)

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-50

  Zahoor, Muhammad ^a   Naz, Sumaira ^a   Sangeen, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antioxidant; Honey

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACACIA MODESTA HONEY; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FREE RADICAL; ISODON ROGOSUS HONEY; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PRUNUS PERSICA HONEY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZYPHUS SATIVA HONEY;

ACACIA MODESTA; AGAR DIFFUSION; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HONEY; HYPOCREA LIXII; ISODON; ISODON ROGOSUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PEACH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZYPHUS SATIVA;

EID: 84893144308     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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