Evaluation of antifungal activity of seaweed extracts Avaliação de atividade antifúngica de extratos de macroalgas marinhas

Seaweeds are subject to numerous biological interactions and sometimes to extreme abiotic conditions, so they have developed among other defense mechanisms, the ability to produce biologically active substances. Thus, these organisms produce mainly terpenes and phenols. Among others, the antifungal...

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Main Authors: Julio Cesar Fernandes Peres, Luciana Retz de Carvalho, Edlayne Gonçalez, Luis Otávio Saggion Berian, Joana D´arc Felicio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2012-06-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000300004