Antifungal spectrum of flavone and flavanone tested against 34 different fungi

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 733-736

  Weidenbörner, Martin ^a   Jha, Hem Chandra ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI;

EID: 2642642107     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756296003322     Document Type: Article

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