Antifungal activity of some bignoniaceae found in Malaysia

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-334

  Ali, Rasadah Mat ^a   Houghton, Peter J ^b   Hoo, T S ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

lapachone; Antifungal activity; Bignoniaceae; Fernandoa adenophylla; Lapachol; Oroxylum indicum; Tabebuia chrysantha

Indexed keywords

BETA LAPACHONE; LAPACHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031844332     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<331::AID-PTR305>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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