Antibacterial and immunomodulatory studies of selected brown algae of Visakhapatnam seacoast

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Venkata Raman, B ^a   Radhakrishnan, T M ^b   Rajagopal, S V ^a  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti allergic; Antibacterial; Extracts; Padina tetrastromatica; Sargassum vulgare

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PADINA TETRASTROMATICA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM VULGARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29244477479     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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