Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of the crude peptide extracts of Galatea paradoxa and Patella rustica

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Borquaye, Lawrence Sheringham ^a   Darko, Godfred ^a   Ocansey, Edward ^a   Ankomah, Emmanuel ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioactive compounds; Freshwater molluscs; Fungi; Marine molluscs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942083434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1266-2     Document Type: Article

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