Screening microalgae for some potentially useful agricultural and pharmaceutical secondary metabolites

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-314

  Ordog V ^a   Stirk, W A ^b   Lenobel, R ^c   Bancirova M ^c   Strnad, M ^c   Van Staden, J ^b   Szigeti, J ^a   Nemeth L ^a  

^a Univ W Hung H 9200 M

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

anticancer; antimicrobial; Chlorophyta; Cyanobacteria; microalgae

Indexed keywords

MICROALGA; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMOCOCCUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 8744263799     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JAPH.0000047789.34883.aa     Document Type: Article

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