Antimicrobial agents deriving from indigenous plants

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Avrelija, Cencic ^a   Walter, Chingwaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antimicrobial; Conflicts; Indigenous; Patents; Phytochemicals; Tylosema esculentum

Indexed keywords

TYLOSEMA ESCULENTUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATENT; PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PLANTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77957941405     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212798411002010083     Document Type: Article

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