Antibacterial and antileishmanial activities of Desmos chinensis lour

Bangladesh Journal of Botany

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-158

  Qais, Nazmul ^b   Rahman, Md Mukhlesur ^b   Abdullah Al Masum, Md ^a,b   Rashid, Mohammad Abdur ^b   Jabbar, Abdul ^b  

^a Inst of Epidemilogy Dis C   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antileishmanial; Desmos chinensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030526302     PISSN: 02535416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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