Antileishmanial activity in the crude extract of various seaweed from the coast of Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Sabina, H ^a   Tasneem, S ^a   Samreen, ^a   Kausar, Y ^a   Choudhary, M I ^a   Aliya, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOTRYOCLADIA; CAULERPA FARIDII; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CENTROCERAS CLAVULATUM; CODIUM; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CORTICATA; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA PINNATIFIDA; MELANOTHAMNUS; SCINAIA; ULVA; ULVA FASCIATA; ULVA RIGIDA;

EID: 18944384779     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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