Screening for antimicrobial activity of natural products using a microplate photometer

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-168

  Devienne, Karina F ^a   Raddi, Maria Stella G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Microdilution; Spectrophotometric method

Indexed keywords

EID: 3343021782     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822002000200014     Document Type: Article

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