In vitro comparison of inhibitory activity of 10 plant extracts against Candida Albicans

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 930-935

  Dalirsani, Zohreh ^a   Adibpour, Mohammad ^b   Aghazadeh, Mohammad ^b   Amirchaghmaghi, Maryam ^a   Mozafari, Pegah Mosannen ^a   Hamzei, Faezeh Mojarad ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antifungal; Candida albicans; Chlorhexidine; Inhibitory effect; Nystatin; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955766210     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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