How honey kills bacteria
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- 12 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 24 (7) , 2576-2582
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.09-150789
Abstract
With the rise in prevalence of antibioticresistant bacteria, honey is increasingly valued for its antibacterial activity. To characterize all bactericidal factors in a medical-grade honey, we used a ...Keywords
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