Effect of date extract on growth and morphology of Candida albicans

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 211, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Sallal, A K J ^a   El Teen, K H Abu ^b   Abderrahman, S ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Date extract; Growth; Phoenix dactylifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040657331     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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