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In vitro antifungal activity of hydroxychavicol isolated from Piper betle L.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 3 Feb 2010
Ali Intzar, Khan Farrah G, Suri Krishan A, Gupta Bishan D, Satti Naresh K, Dutt Prabhu, Afrin Farhat, Qazi Ghulam N, Khan Inshad A
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BACKGROUND: Hydroxychavicol, isolated from the chloroform extraction of the aqueous leaf extract of Piper betle L., (Piperaceae) was investigated for its antifungal activity against 124 strains of selected fungi. The leaves of this plant have been long in use tropical countries for the preparation of traditional herbal remedies. METHODS: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal...
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