Assessment of carboxyl esterase activity in clinical isolates of Candida albicans

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Riazipour, Majid ^a   Tavakoli, Hamid Reza ^a   Fooladi, Abbas Ali Imani ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alpha naphtyle; Candida albicans; Enzyme; Esterase activity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA NAPHTYLE ACETIC ACID; ALPHA NAPHTYLE LAURIC ACID; CARBOXYLESTERASE; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 78649719848     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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