Anticandidal Activity of Volatile Compounds from the Root Bark of Ficus exasperata Vahl-Holl (Moraceae)

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-568

  Oladosu, I A ^a   Zubair, M F ^b   Ali, M S ^c   Olawore, N O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS EXASPERATA; MORACEAE;

EID: 77950438149     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2009.10643758     Document Type: Article

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