Biological screening of cyanobacteria for antimicrobial and molluscicidal activity, brine shrimp lethality, and cytotoxicity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-143

  Jaki, B ^a   Orjala, J ^a,c   Burgi H R ^b   Sticher, O ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c AgraQuest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Artemia salina; Brine shrimp; Caco 2 cell line; Cyanobacteria; Cytotoxicity; KB cell line; Molluscicidal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CELL STRAIN KB; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALINA;

EID: 0032709216     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.2.138.6092     Document Type: Article

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