Antifungal activity, elemental analysis and determination of total protein of seaweed, Solieria robusta (Greville) Kylin from the coast of Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 931-937

  Khanzada, Amina Kabir ^a   Shaikh, Wazir ^a   Kazi, T G ^a   Kabir, Samina ^a   Soofia, Shahzadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; RHODOPHYTA; SOLIERIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 38749139767     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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