Antifungal activities of heartwood extracts of Port-Orford cedar extractives

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 620-623

  Gao, Heng ^a   Obanda, Diana N ^a   Shupe, Todd F ^a   Hse, Chung Y ^b   Ring, Dennis R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Environment friendly; Extractives; Port Orford cedar; Wood preservatives

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA;

EID: 48649097052     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.084     Document Type: Article

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