Antimicrobial activity of methanol extracts of Fontinalis antipyretica, Hypnum cupressiforme, and Ctenidium molluscum;Russian Source

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Veljic M ^a   Durić, Aleksandra ^a   Soković, Marina ^a   Ćirić, Anana ^a   Glamočlija, Jasmina ^a   Marin, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Methanol extracts; Mosses

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849127192     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0902225V     Document Type: Article

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