Antimicrobial effects of aqueous plant extracts on the fungi Microsporum canis and Trichophyton rubrum and on three bacterial species

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-63

  Maoz, M ^a,b   Neeman, I ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FUNGI;

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; BACTERIAL SPECIES; ETIOLOGICAL AGENT; FUNGAL INFECTION; MICROSPORUM CANIS;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

INNULA VISCOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; FUNGI; INULA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0031930211     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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