Antifungal activity of some extractives and constituents of aloe vera

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-200

  Nidiry, Eugene Sebastian J ^a   Ganeshan, Girija ^a   Lokesha, A N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe drug; Aloe emodin; Aloin; Antifungal activity; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALOE EMODIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOIN; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL;

ALOE VERA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM CAPSICI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 77957161434     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.196.200     Document Type: Article

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