Antifungal and antibacterial activities of Pentanema divaricatum and its active constituent

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 649-652

  Momen Roknabadi, Nastaran ^a   Gohari, Ahamd R ^b   Monsef Esfehani, Hamid R ^b   Attar, Farideh ^c   Hajiaghaee, Reza ^d   Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^b   Jamalifar, Hossein ^a   Kamalinia, Golnaz ^a   Shahverdi, Ahamd R ^a  

^a Tehran University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Inuviscolide derivative; Pentanema divaricatum

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; PENTANEMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56249101702     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2008-9-1006     Document Type: Article

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