The Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts of the Lichen Cetraria aculeata and Its Protolichesterinic Acid Constituent

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 850-854

  Türk, Ayşen Özdemir ^a   Yilmaz, Meral ^a   Kivanç, Merih ^a   Türk, Hayrettin ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial Activity; Cetraria aculeata; Protolichesterinic Acid

Indexed keywords

ACULEATA; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CETRARIA; CETRARIA ACULEATA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0346966855     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2003-11-1219     Document Type: Article

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