Pharmaceutical biology of seaweeds from the Karachi coast of Pakistan

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-107

  Rizvi, Muhammad Afzal ^a   Shameel, Mustafa ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological testing; Crude MeOH extract; Elemental analysis; Karachi coast; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BENOMYL; BOTRYOCLADIA LEPTOPODA EXTRACT; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHAMPIA COMPRESSA EXTRACT; CHROMIUM; CODIUM IYENGARII EXTRACT; CODIUM SHAMEELII EXTRACT; COLPOMENIA SINUOSA EXTRACT; COPPER; CYTOSEIRA INDICA EXTRACT; DICTYOTA HAUCKIANA EXTRACT; IRON; IYENGARIA STELLATA EXTRACT; KETOCONAZOLE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MICONAZOLE; OSMUNDEA PINNATIFIDA EXTRACT; PADINA ANTILLARUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SARGASSUM ILICIFORLIUM EXTRACT; SODIUM; STOECHOSPERMUM POLYPODIODES EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; ULVA FASCIATA EXTRACT; ULVA INTESTINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTRYOCLADIA LEPTOPODA; BROWN ALGA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHAMPIA COMPRESSA; CODIUM IYENGARII; CODIUM SHAMEELII; COLPOMENIA SINUOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CYSTOSEIRA INDICA; DICTYOTA HAUCKIANA; FUSARIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; IYENGARIA STELLATA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; OSMUNDEA PINNATIFIDA; PADINA ANTILLARUM; PAKISTAN; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PHYTOTOXICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RED ALGA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SARGASSUM ILICIFOLIUM; SEAWEED; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOECHOSPERMUM POLYPODIODES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRIBOLIUM; TRICHOPHYTON; ULVA FASCIATA;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCLADIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; OSMUNDEA PINNATIFIDA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 17144381623     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590919366     Document Type: Article

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