Isolation of antibacterial peptides from Saudi Arabian honeybees and investigating the antimicrobial properties of natural honey samples

@article{Ayaad2009IsolationOA,
  title={Isolation of antibacterial peptides from Saudi Arabian honeybees and investigating the antimicrobial properties of natural honey samples},
  author={Tahany H. Ayaad and Ghada H. Shaker and Amal M. Almuhnaa},
  journal={Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences},
  year={2009},
  volume={2},
  pages={23-34}
}
As part of the ongoing search for novel anti microbial agents and their use in singular or combined drug therapy, a polypeptide fractions of Mr about 14.500 and 15.00 KDa were isolated from the lymph fluid of two groups of intact and immunized Saudi Arabian honeybees (Apis mellifera) obtained from Al-Qasim and Hail locations around Riyadh during the honey season 2008 following experimental infection with 1.1 x l0 6 viable Escherichia coli cells (ATCC 25922). The polypeptide was purified to… 
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