Investigation of selected Serbian lichens for antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer properties

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1628-1633

  Kosanic M ^a   Rankovic B ^a   Stanojkovic T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Lichens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888422118     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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