Antimicrobial and toxicological activities of some depsides and depsidones

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Thadhani, Vinitha M ^a   Choudhary, M Iqbal ^b   Khan, Sadia ^b   Karunaratne, Veranja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Depsides; Depsidones; Lichen substances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859192705     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v40i1.4167     Document Type: Article

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