Susceptibility of three clinical isolates of Actinomodura madurae to α-pinene, the bioactive agent of Pinus pinaster turpentine oil

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 697-701

  Stojkovic D ^a   Soković, Marina ^a   Glamočlija, Jasmina ^a   Džamić, Ana ^a   Ristic M ^b   Fahal, A ^c   Khalid, Sami ^c   Djuić, Ivana ^d   Petrović, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Medicinal Plant Research Dr Josif Pane i   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Actinomadura madurae; Actionomycetoma; Antimicrobial activity; Pinus pinaster; Turpentine oil; pinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749092730     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0804697S     Document Type: Article

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