Antifungal activity of the termite alkaloid norharmane against the mycelial growth of Metarhizium anisopliae and Aspergillus nomius

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-347

  Chouvenc, Thomas ^a,b   Su, Nan Yao ^a,b   Elliott, Monica I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Aspergillus; Disease resistance; Metarhizium; Norharmane; Termite

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA CARBOLINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HARMINE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MYCELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HARMINE; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MYCELIUM; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 54849417773     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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