Antimicrobial and mutagenic properties of the root tubers of Gloriosa superba Linn. (Kalihari)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Hemaiswarya, Shanmugam ^a,c   Raja, Rathinam ^b,c   Anbazhagan, Chinnathambi ^b   Thiagarajan, Venkatesan ^b  

^a AVINASHILINGAM INSTITUTE FOR HOME SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; MUCOR; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 77956733785     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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