Phycochemistry and bioactivity of Tetraspora (Volvocophyta) from Sindh

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-547

  Ghazala, B ^a   Shameel, Mustafa ^a   Choudhary, M Iqbal ^a   Shahzad, Saleem ^a   Leghari, Sultan Mahmood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; TETRASPORA CYLINDRICA; TETRASPORA GELATINOSA;

EID: 9744221279     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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