Antifungal activity of seaweeds from Vellar and Uppanar estuaries

Ecology, Environment and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-468

  Nightingale, V Daisy Rathina ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a,b   Anantharaman, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b People's Action for Development (PAD)   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Seaweeds; Uppanar estuary; Vellar estuary

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; ETHER; FUNGUS; METHANOL; PATHOGEN; SEAWEED; SOLVENT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; UPPANAR ESTUARY; VELLAR ESTUARY;

ALGAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; MUCOR; RHIZOPUS; ROSENVINGEA INTRICATA; ULVA CLATHRATA;

EID: 76049094921     PISSN: 0971765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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