Antifungal activity of some natural essential oils against Candida species isolated from blood stream infection

Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-66

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Thakur, Suresh ^b   Thakur, Vishal Chand ^b   Kumar, Ajay ^b   Patil, Sandip ^a   Vohra, M P ^b  

^a SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Shoolini Institute of Life Sciences and Business Management   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Blood stream; Candida; Lemon grass oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886498076     PISSN: 22314261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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