Antifungal effect of Echinophora Platyloba’ s extract against Candida albicans

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-289

  Avijgan, Majid ^a   Hafizi, Massoud ^a   Saadat, Mehdi ^a   Nilforoushzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Isfahan Skin and Leishmaniasis Diseases Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Echinophora platyloba; Ethanolic extract; Traditional Medicine; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849107012     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.691     Document Type: Article

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