Milling the Mistletoe: Nanotechnological Conversion of African Mistletoe (Loranthus micranthus) Intoantimicrobial Materials
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DETERMINATION OF ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES OF THE AFRICAN MISTLETOE SPECIES: Loranthus micranthus L
The anti-fungal activity of the leaves of African mistletoe plant used in traditional and folkloric medicine was studied using standard procedures. The methanolic extracts of mistletoe leaves harvested from three different host trees {Kola acuminata, Irvingia gabonensis and Persea americana} were tested against clinical isolates of some common pathogenic fungi {Candida albicans and Aspergillus ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antioxidants
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2076-3921
DOI: 10.3390/antiox7040060