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Antifungal and antibacterial potential of methanol and chloroform extracts of Marchantia polymorpha L.

Dheeraj Gahtori Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Uttarakhand, India
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Preeti Chaturvedi Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Uttarakhand, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 726-731 | Received 09 Jul 2010, Accepted 09 Sep 2010, Published online: 17 May 2011

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