Achyranthes aspera leaf extracts inhibited fungal growth

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1576-1579

  Elumalai, E K ^a   Chandrasekaran, N ^b   Thirumalai, T ^a   Sivakumar, C ^a   Therasa, S Viviyan ^a   David, Ernest ^a  

^a VOORHEES COLLEGE   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Achyranthes aspera Linn.; Antifungal activity; Aqueous extract; Ethanolic extract; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHANOL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 77953423316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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