Antifungal activity of essential oils from Cymbopogon: Inter- and intraspecific differences

Cytobios

Volumn 1999, Issue 386, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Pattnaik, S ^a,c   Subramanyam, V R ^a,d   Kole, C R ^b  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Assam University School of Life Sciences   (India)

^d Western Sector Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Citronella; Cymbopogon; Essential oils; Lemongrass; Palmarosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032606348     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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