How honey kills bacteria.

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Published in FASEB J on March 12, 2010

Authors

Paulus H S Kwakman1, Anje A te Velde, Leonie de Boer, Dave Speijer, Christina M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Sebastian A J Zaat

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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