Anticandidal activity of Punica granatum exhibited in different solvents

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Nair, Rathish ^a   Chanda, Sumitra ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticandidal activity; Medicinal plant; Punica granatum; Punicaceae

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CLOTRIMAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 15244348022     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590903309     Document Type: Article

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