Determination of antifungal activity of Cedrus deodara root oil and its compounds against Candida albicans and aspergillus fumigatus

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3645-3649

  Parveen, Rehana ^a   Azmi, M Ahmed ^a   Tariq, R M ^b   Mahmood, S M ^c   Hijazi, Mazhar ^a   Mahmud, Shaukat ^a   Naqvi, S N H ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA;

EID: 78649879797     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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