Antifungal properties of selected plants from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1955-1959

  Gamboa Angulo, M Marcela ^a   Cristóbal Alejo, Jairo ^b   Medina Baizabal, Irma L ^a   Chí Romero, Fátima ^a   Méndez González, Ramiro ^b   Simá Polanco, Paulino ^a   May Pat, Filogonio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acalypha; Antifungal; Croton; Fungi; Native plants; Phytopathogens; The Yucatan peninsula

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; FUNGI; HEALTH; LEAD; PATHOGENS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); URBAN PLANNING;

AMBROSIA HISPIDA; ANTI FUNGAL; ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES; BUSINESS MEDIA; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; CRUDE EXTRACTS; FILTER PAPERS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; PATHOGENIC FUNGUS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ASSAYS;

ACALYPHA; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA TAGETICA; AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA HISPIDA; BIDENS; BLECHUM; CAESALPINIA; CALEA; CARLOWRIGHTIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; FURCRAEA; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; RHIZOPUS; STENANDRIUM; TEPHROSIA; TRICHILIA; VITEX;

EID: 48349094127     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9658-x     Document Type: Article

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