Antioxidant and antifungal activities of Padina Pavonica and Sargassum Vulgare from the Lebanese Mediterranean coast

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-48

  Khaled, Naja ^a   Hiba, Mawlawi ^a   Asma, Chbani ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antioxidant activity; Brown algae; Lebanese coast; Padina pavonica; Sargassum vulgare

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; PADINA PAVONIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM VULGARE;

EID: 84857398291     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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