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

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-247

  Mian, P ^a   Heilmann, J ^a   Burgi H R ^b   Sticher, O ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Artemia salina; Brine shrimp; Cyanobacteria; Cytotoxicity; KB cell line; Screening

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRAIN KB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; LAND BIOME; LETHALITY; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALINA;

EID: 0042889069     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.4.243.15672     Document Type: Article

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