Assessment of in vitro antifungal activities of various extracts of indigenous Bahraini medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-348

  Mandeel, Qaher ^a   Taha, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Bahraini; Cressa cretica; Emex spinosa; Fungi; Heliotropium curassavicum; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

CAPPARIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; CENCHRUS ECHINATUS EXTRACT; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; CRESSA CRETICA EXTRACT; EMEX SPINOSA EXTRACT; FAGONIA INDICA EXTRACT; FRANKENIA PULVERULENTA EXTRACT; HELIOTROPIUM CURASSAVICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA OVALIS EXTRACT; TAMARIX ARABICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MEDICINAL PLANT; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRESSA CRETICA; EMEX SPINOSA; FAGONIA INDICA; FUNGI; HELIOTROPIUM CURASSAVICUM; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 22644433221     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590951766     Document Type: Article

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