Antifungal activity of ficus racemosa leaf extract and isolation of the active compound

Journal of the National Science Council of Sri Lanka

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-26

  Deraniyagala, S A ^a   Wijesundera, R L C ^a   Weerasena, O V D S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alternaria sp; Antifungal activity; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Corynespora cassiicola; Curvularia sp; Ficus racemosa; Fusarium sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644395133     PISSN: 03009254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v26i1.3081     Document Type: Article

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