Screening for antifungal activity of nineteen Latin American plants

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 427-430

  Freixa, Blanca ^a   Vila, Roser ^a   Vargas, Liliana ^a   Lozano, Nancy ^b   Adzet, Tomás ^a   Cañigueral, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Agar disk diffusion assay; Antifungal activity; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; NYSTATIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANDIRA INERMIS; ANDIRA SURINAMENSIS; BIXA ORELIANA; BLEPHAROCALYX TWEEDIEI; CROTON ZEHTNERI; GALLESIA INTEGRIFOLIA; HEDYOSMUM ANISODORUM; HETEROTHECA INULOIDES; HURA CREPITANS; MANSOA ALLIACEA; OCIMUM MICRANTHUM; PERSEA LAEVIGATA; PIPER ELONGATUM; PIPER FULVESCENS; POLYGONUM HYDROPIPEROIDES; POTALIA AMARA;

EID: 0031693433     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199809)12:6<427::AID-PTR338>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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