Antifungal activity of organic extracts from Juniperus virginiana heartwood against wood decay fungi

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Mun, Sung Phil ^a,b   Prewitt, Lynn ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; OLEFINS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; INHIBITORY EFFECT; METHANOL EXTRACT; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; SOLUBLE FRACTION; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECAY; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANES; METHANOL; OLEFINS; SOLVENTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; ISOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 84860531129     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-61.6.443     Document Type: Review

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