Antimicrobial screening of some Egyptian plants and active flavones from Lagerstroemia indica leaves

Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 212-217

  Diab, Yasser ^a   Atalla, Khaled ^a   Elbanna, Khaled ^a  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antimicrobials; Candida albicans; flavones; Lagerstroemia indica; Pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008745948     PISSN: 18817831     EISSN: 1881784X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2012.v6.4.212     Document Type: Article

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