Screening of plants used by North American Indians for antifungal, bactericidal, larvicidal, and molluscicidal activities

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-242

  Bergeron, Chantal ^a   Marston, Andrew ^a   Gauthier, Robert ^b   Hostettmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bactericides; Fungicides; Larvicides; Medicinal plants; Molluscicides; North America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345311020     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.34.4.233.13224     Document Type: Article

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