Antimicrobial activity in the tissue extracts of five species of cowries cypraea spp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and an ascidian didemnum psammathodes (Tunicata: Didemnidae)

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-242

  Anand, T Prem ^a   Edward, J K Patterson ^a  

^a Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Ascidians; Marine natural products; Molluscs

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRAEA; CYPRAEA TIGRIS; DIDEMNIDAE; DIDEMNUM; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 33744786810     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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