Antifungal activities of six South African Terminalia species (Combretaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-308

  Masoko, P ^a   Picard, J ^a   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Combretaceae; MIC; Terminalia species

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA BRACHYSTEMMA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA GAZENSIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA PRUNIOIDES EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SAMBESIACA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; TERMINALIA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINALIA;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANIS; COMBRETACEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; SPOROTHRIX; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SERICEA;

EID: 19444369614     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.061     Document Type: Article

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