Antifungal activities of a steroid from Pallavicinia lyellii, a liverwort

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 304-308

  Subhisha, S ^a   Subramoniam, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

A. fumigatus; Antifungal agents; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXANE; PALLAVICINIA LYELLII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILICA GEL; SOLVENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVERWORT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PALLAVICINIA LYELLII; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

EID: 26444444600     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.16854     Document Type: Article

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