The antifungal, cytotoxic, antitermite and insecticidal activities of Zizyphus jujube

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Ahmad, Bashir ^a   Khan, Ibrar ^a   Bashir, Shumaila ^a   Azam, Sadiq ^a   Ali, Niaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antitermite; Cytotoxic; Insecticidal; Rhizopertha dominica and Callosbruchus analis; Tribolium castaneum; Zizyphus jujuba

Indexed keywords

JUJUBE EXTRACT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CYTOTOXICITY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HYPOCREA LIXII; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; ISOPTERA; JUJUBE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; RHIZOPUS;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTEMIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BEETLES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLOROFORM; CYTOTOXINS; FUSARIUM; HEXANES; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; ISOPTERA; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOPUS; TRIBOLIUM; TRICHODERMA; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 80053455901     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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