Evaluation of five indigenous medicinal plants of Sindh, Pakistan for their antifungal potential

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 328-333

  Naz, Erum ^a   Ahmad, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Carum roxburgianum; Centella asiatica; Filamentous fungi; Hyoscyamus niger; Linum usitatissimum; Mycosis; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DICOTYLEDON; ETHER; FUNGUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RURAL AREA; YEAST;

PAKISTAN; SIND;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARUM; CENTELLA ASIATICA; FUNGI; HYOSCYAMUS NIGER; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PENICILLIUM; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 77951691773     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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