In-vitro study of antifungal activity of various commercially available itra (Volatile plant oil) against the keratinophilic fungi isolated from soil

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-184

  Singh, Prabal ^a   Bundiwale, Ruchi ^b   Dwivedi, L K ^a  

^a BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology   (India)

Author keywords

Itraconazole and fluconazole; Keratinophillic fungi; Lonicera x bella zabel (bella); Pandanus odoratissimus (kewda); Polianthes tuberosa (rajnigandha) and jasminum sambac (mogra); Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; JASMINUM SAMBAC ESSENTIAL OIL; LONICERA ESSENTIAL OIL; PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS ESSENTIAL OIL; POLIANTHES TUBEROSA ESSENTIAL OIL; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGACEAE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; JASMINE; JASMINUM SAMBAC; LONICERA; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM NANUM; NONHUMAN; PANDANACEAE; PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS; POLIANTHES TUBEROSA; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA OBTUSUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; JASMINUM SAMBAC; LONICERA; LONICERA BELLA; PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS; POLIANTHES TUBEROSA; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

EID: 84855328748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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