Effects of green tea on Escherichia coli as a uropathogen

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-20

  Noormandi, Afsaneh ^a   Dabaghzadeh, Fatemeh ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anti infective agents; Camellia sinensis; catechin; Escherichia coli; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940164148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2014.10.005     Document Type: Review

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