Plant essential oils with promising antifungal activity

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 319-322

  Bii, C C ^a   Siboe, G M ^b   Mibey, R K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MARIGOLD; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGI; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TAGETES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0034342906     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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