Antifungal activity of plant extracts used in folk medicine in Argentina;Actividad antifungica de extractos de plantas usadas en medicina popular en Argentina

Revista Peruana de Biologia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Davicino, Roberto ^a   Mattar, María Aída ^a   Casali, Yolanda Angelina ^b   Correa, Silvia Graciela ^c   Pettenati, Elisa Margarita ^b   Micalizzi, Blas ^a  

^a Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Extracts of plants; Popular medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952026376     PISSN: 15610837     EISSN: 17279933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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