Antifungal activities and chemical composition of some medicinal plants

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mohammadi, A ^a   Nazari, H ^a   Imani, S ^a   Amrollahi, H ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Bupleurum falcatum; Essential oil; GC MS; Stachys pubescens; Thymus daenensis; Thymus kotschyanus

Indexed keywords

1,4 CYCLOHEXADIENE; AMPHOTERICIN B; BENZENE; BETA PINENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; CUPARENE; CYCLOHEXANONE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NAPHTHALENE; NEROL; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PHENOL; PINENE; SPATHULENOL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BUPLEURUM FALCATUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FUSARIUM CUBENSE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; IRAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STACHYS PUBESCENS; THYMUS DAENENSIS; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS; BUPLEURUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; STACHYS; THYMUS (PLANT);

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BUPLEURUM FALCATUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; STACHYS; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BUPLEURUM; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STACHYS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84902549169     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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