Fungal contamination of raw materials of some herbal drugs and recommendation of Cinnamomum camphora oil as herbal fungitoxicant

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Singh, Priyanka ^a   Srivastava, Bhawana ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Dubey, N K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; FUNGI; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRYOBALANOPS; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; JUSTICIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

EID: 51349093434     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9375-x     Document Type: Article

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