Effects of water extract of Usnea longissima Ach. on some development stages of Drosophila melanogaster

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Uysal, Handan ^a   Altun, Deniz ^a   Askin, Hakan ^a   Asian, Ali ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Development stages; Drosophila melanogaster; Teratogenic effect; Usnea longissima

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; FUNGUS; LICHEN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; USNEA; USNEA LONGISSIMA;

EID: 66149190666     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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