Antifungal activity of selected species of Terminalia, Pteleopsis and Combretum (Combretaceae) collected in Tanzania

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 308-317

  Fyhrquist, P ^a   Mwasumbi, L ^b   Haesggstrom C A ^a   Vuorela, H ^a   Hiltunen, R ^a   Vuorela, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion; Amphotericin B; Antifungal; Antifungal agents; Azole derivates, column chromatography; Combretum; Itraconazol; Pteleopsis; Terminalia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COMBRETUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM PADOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTELEOPSIS MYRTIFOLIA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA KAISERANA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SAMBESIACA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MOLLE; COMBRETUM PADOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PTELEOPSIS; TANZANIA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA KAISERANA; TERMINALIA SAMBESIACA; TERMINALIA SERICEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; TERMINALIA;

EID: 10344263409     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490511891     Document Type: Article

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