Antifungal and anti-insect activities of three essential oils on aspergillus flavus link and sitophilus zeamais motsch

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1291-1294

  Tatsadjieu, Leopold N ^a   Ngassoum, Martin B ^b   Nukenine, Elias N ^b   Mbawala, Augustin ^b   Yaouba, Aoiulou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Combination; Essential oil; Sitophilus zeamais; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649095835     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201220     Document Type: Article

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