Screening of Venda medicinal plants for antifungal activity against Candida albicans

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Steenkamp, V ^a   Fernandes, A C ^a   Van Rensburg, C E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida albicans; Traditional medicine; Venda

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VENDA;

AFZELIA QUANZENSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MOLLE; PIPER CAPENSE; PIPERACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; TABERNAEMONTANA; TABERNAEMONTANA ELEGANS; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 34047171870     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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