In vitro Antiproliferative and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils from Erigeron acris L. and Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 642-646

  Nazaruk, Jolanta ^a   Karna, Ewa ^a   Wieczorek, Piotr ^a   Sacha, Pawel ^a   Tryniszewska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antiproliferative; Erigeron spp

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ERIGERON; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; ERIGERON; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ERIGERON; ERIGERON ACRIS; ERIGERON ANNUUS;

EID: 79251471067     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-11-1202     Document Type: Article

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