Recently, propolis has been attracting the attention of researchers due to various biological activities and therapeutic properties. In Brazil, propolis is produced all year long, so there may be some ...

The viability of the inoculum was confirmed by quantitative cultures of serial 10 fold dilutions on Sabouraud dextrose agar plates. The number of viable cells was determined using the drop count ...

Equally spaced wells were bored radially on sterile Potato Dextrose Agar plates using a 5 mm diameter sterile cork borer. 100 µl dilute essential oils were added to the wells as described above. A 5 ...

To ensure the surface sterilization was complete, 150 µL of the last wash was spread on potato dextrose agar plates and incubated at 28°C for 72 hours. Finally, using sterile scalpels and tweezers, ...

School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand Center of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai ...