Antibacterial and antifungal activities of brown alga Zonaria tournefortii (J.V. Lamouroux)

Allelopathy Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-154

  Ismail, A ^a,b   Bel Hadj Salah, K ^b   Ahmed, M ^c   Mastouri, M ^d   Bouraoui, A ^a   Aouni, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^d FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; aqueous extract; brown alga; Candida albicans; Cryptococcus neoformans; fungi; MRSA; Scopulariopsis brevicaulis; Scytalidium dimidiatum; Staphylococcus aureus; Zonaria tournefortii

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086150141     PISSN: 09714693     EISSN: 09741240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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