Moringa oleifera inhibits growth of Candida spp. and Hortaea werneckii isolated from Macrobrachium amazonicum prawn farming with a wide margin of safety

This study aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of M. oleifera extracts against fungi isolated from farmed prawns and test the toxicity of the extracts on larvae of Macrobrachium amazonicum. The ethanol extracts of pods, seeds, leaves, stems and flowers and chloroform extract of flowers of M. o...

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Main Authors: Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha, Lucas Pereira de Alencar, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, Jamille de Alencar Sales, Yago Brito de Ponte, Pedro Henrique de Aragão Rodrigues, Célia Maria de Souza Sampaio, Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro, Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco, Francisco Carlos de Oliveira, Francisco Geraldo Barbosa, Carlos Eduardo Cordeiro Teixeira, Manoel de Araújo Neto Paiva, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes Bandeira, José Luciano Bezerra Moreira, José Júlio Costa Sidrim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2014-12-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782014001202197&lng=en&tlng=en

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