Biological activities of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota

Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-249

  Mokhlesi, Amin ^a   Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^b   Gohari, Ahmad Reza ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad Reza ^b   Nasrolahi, Ali ^a   Farahani, Farzaneh ^a   Khoshnood, Reza ^a   Es'haghi, Nasrin ^c  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Cytotoxic; Holothuria leucospilota

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA SALINA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CUVIERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA LEUCOSPILOTA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855913379     PISSN: 16839919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2012.243.249     Document Type: Article

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