Antibacterial and antifungal activities of crude plant extracts from Colombian biodiversity

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1535-1542

  Niño, Jaime ^a   Mosquera, Oscar M ^a   Correa, Yaned M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bactericide; Bioprospection; Fungicide; MIC; Well diffusion assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870279138     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v60i4.2071     Document Type: Article

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