Characterization of antimicrobial compounds from a common fern, pteris biaurita

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-290

  Dalli, A K ^a   Saha, G ^a   Chakraborty, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial compounds; Fern; GC MS; HPLC

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; FILICOPHYTA; FOMES; FUNGI; POLYPODIACEAE; PORIA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS BIAURITA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAKE FERN; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PTERIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 33947727878     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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