Silver nanoparticles: Novel antimicrobial agent synthesized from an endophytic fungus Pestalotia sp. Isolated from leaves of Syzygium cumini (L)

Nano Biomedicine and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-178

  Raheman, Farkanda ^a   Deshmukh, Shivaji ^a   Ingle, Avinash ^a   Gade, Aniket ^a   Rai, Mahendra ^a  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Economically viable; Endophyte; Silver nanoparticles; Synergetic effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053450217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21505578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v3i3.p174-178     Document Type: Article

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