Ultrastructural effects of date extract on Candida albicans

Mycopathologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Shraideh, Ziad A ^a   Abu Elteen, Khaled H ^b   Sallal, Abdul Karim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Date extract; Phoenix dactylifera; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THRUSH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; FRUIT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH MUCOSA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0032461531     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006901019786     Document Type: Article

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