Antimicrobial activity of Litchi chinensis and Nephelium lappaceum aqueous seed extracts against some pathogenic bacterial strains

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-82

  Bhat, Ramesa Shafi ^a   Al daihan, Sooad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Litchi chinensis; Nephelium lappaceum; Peptides; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890562086     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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