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ArticleScientific reports2020

Use of a model to understand the synergies underlying the antibacterial mechanism of H

Maria Masoura, Paolo Passaretti, Tim W Overton, Pete A Lund, Konstantinos Gkatzionis

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Therapeutic Potential of Honey and Propolis on Ocular Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria MasouraSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2SA, UK.
Paolo PassarettiSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2SA, UK.
Tim W OvertonSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2SA, UK.
Pete A LundInstitute of Microbiology and Infection (IMI), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2SA, UK.
Konstantinos GkatzionisSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2SA, UK. K.Gkatzionis@bham.ac.uk.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Honey has been valued as a powerful antimicrobial since ancient times. However, the understanding of the underlying antibacterial mechanism is incomplete. The complexity and variability of honey composition represent a challenge to this scope. In this study, a simple model system was used to investigate the antibacterial effect of, and possible synergies between, the three main stressors present in honey: sugars, gluconic acid, and hydrogen peroxide (H

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HoneyModels, TheoreticalAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbohydrate MetabolismGluconatesHydrogen PeroxideMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsGluconatesgluconic acidHydrogen Peroxide

Identifiers

PMID33077785
PMCPMC7573686
OpenAlexW3093177764

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