Antifungal Properties of Yam (Dioscorea alata) Peel Extract

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 407-412

  Aderiye, B I ^a,c   Ogundana, S K ^a   Adesanya, S A ^a   Roberts, M F ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIOSCOREA ALATA; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLADOSPORIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; VEGETABLE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030323290     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815690     Document Type: Article

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