Development of a simple preparation method for tea-seed saponins and investigation on their antiyeast activity

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-188

  Yamauchi, Yuji ^a   Azuma, Keiko ^b   Tomita, Minoru ^c   Horie, Hideki ^b   Kohata, Katsunori ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth inhibitory activity; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Tea seed cultivars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402599     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.35.185     Document Type: Article

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