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(87.013% inhibition at 100 mg/mL). Broth extract also showed 75 and 40% inhibition of
Candida albicans and Fusarium lini, respectively. The discovery provides a direction for
further studies to obtain and develop potent antimicrobial agents from endophytic
metabolites of Lawsonia alba Lam.
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Funding
This work was supported by grants from the Pakistan Academy of Science by the grant # 5-9/
PAS/52.
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