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Article ; Online: Do economic development and tourism heterogeneously influence ecological sustainability? Implications for sustainable development.

Ahmad, Munir / Jabeen, Gul

Environmental science and pollution research international

2023 Volume 30, Issue 37, Page(s) 87158–87184

Abstract: While economic development-driven anthropogenic emissions pose challenges to ecological sustainability, the international travel and tourism sector has appeared as a hot contestant to bring sustainability to the ecological systems across varying ... ...

Abstract	While economic development-driven anthropogenic emissions pose challenges to ecological sustainability, the international travel and tourism sector has appeared as a hot contestant to bring sustainability to the ecological systems across varying development levels. This work investigates the diversified effects of the international travel and tourism sector and economic development on ecological deterioration, in the presence of urban agglomeration and energy use efficiency, across the development levels of China's 30 provincial units from 2002 to 2019. It contributes in two ways. (i) The stochastic estimation of environmental impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology (STIRPAT) is modified to integrate the variables like international travel and tourism sector, urban agglomeration, and energy use efficiency. (ii) We measured an international travel and tourism sector index (ITTI) and made use of a continuously updated bias correction strategy (CUBCS) and a continuously updated fully modified strategy (CUFMS) for the long-term estimations. Besides, we used the bootstrapping-based causality technique for determining causality directions. The core results are as follows: Firstly, ITTI and economic development produced an inverse U-type association with ecological deterioration for the aggregate panels. Secondly, provinces exhibited a diverse range of links in that ITTI mitigated (boosted) the ecological deterioration in eleven (fourteen) provinces presenting diversified shapes of linkages. Economic development established the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) theory with ecological deterioration in merely four provinces; however, the non-EKC theory is verified in twenty-four divisions. Thirdly, in China's east zone (high development scale), the ITTI revealed the ecological deterioration reduction (promotion) impact in eight (two) provinces. China's central zone (moderate development scale) exhibited ecological deterioration promotion in half of the provinces, and the other half showed a reduction impact. In China's west zone (low development scale), it promoted ecological deterioration in eight provinces. Economic development promoted (reduced) ecological deterioration in a single (nine) province(s). In China's central zone, it boosted (mitigated) the ecological deterioration in five (three) provinces. In China's west zone, it promoted (reduced) ecological deterioration in eight (two) provinces. Fourthly, urban agglomeration and energy use efficiency deteriorated and improved the environmental quality in aggregated panels, respectively; however, a diverse range of effects are observed for provinces. Finally, a unilateral bootstrap causality, from ITTI (economic development) to ecological deterioration, is revealed in twenty-four (fifteen) provinces. A bilateral causality is established in a single (thirteen) province(s). Based on empirical findings, policies are suggested.
MeSH term(s)	Sustainable Development ; Tourism ; Economic Development ; Environment ; Policy ; China ; Carbon Dioxide/analysis
Chemical Substances	Carbon Dioxide (142M471B3J)
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-07-07
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	1178791-0
ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
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DOI	10.1007/s11356-023-28543-4
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Article ; Online: Biogas technology adoption and household welfare perspectives for sustainable development

Ahmad, Munir / Jabeen, Gul

Energy Policy. 2023 Oct., v. 181 p.113728-

2023

Abstract: Despite the paramount importance of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly affordable and sustainable energy (i.e., SDG-7), the existing literature largely overlooked the household welfare gains associated with biogas. ... ...

Abstract	Despite the paramount importance of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly affordable and sustainable energy (i.e., SDG-7), the existing literature largely overlooked the household welfare gains associated with biogas. Using survey data from 971 Pakistani rural households, we employed probit regression to estimate the determinants of biogas production technology (BGPT) adoption and propensity score matching to predict the household welfare contributions of BGPT. Our results indicate that (i) a positive shock to formal and informal credit borrowing increases the likelihood of BGPT adoption by agricultural households, with informal credit borrowing showing twice the influence of formal credit. (ii) Agricultural households perceive the BGPT as a cost-ineffective solution; however, households’ aesthetic preferences are neutral in BGPT adoption. Regarding the household welfare perspectives of biogas adoption, (iii) adopter households have reduced fuel collection time and additional labor time and exhibit larger crop gains and organic food supply than nonadopters. (iv) BGPT-adopting households are likely to spend less on healthcare, indicating a lower likelihood of falling ill. Finally, (v) adopters are less likely to harm the environment as they use less firewood and fossil fuels. Based on empirical results, our policy implications contribute to multiple SDGs.
Keywords	aesthetics ; biogas ; credit ; energy policy ; food availability ; fuelwood ; gas production (biological) ; health services ; innovation adoption ; labor ; organic foods ; production technology ; surveys ; sustainable development ; Biogas production technology ; Agricultural household welfare ; Informal credit ; Cost-effectiveness ; Propensity score matching ; Q01 ; Q12 ; Q42 ; Q43 ; Q48 ; D12
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-10
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article ; Online
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ISSN	0301-4215
DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113728
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Article ; Online: Towards sustainable environment: why green energy technology diffusion is sluggish in South Africa?

Jabeen, Gul / Ahmad, Munir / Zhang, Qingyu

Environ Sci Pollut Res. 2023 Feb., v. 30, no. 9 p.22653-22667

2023

Abstract: Energy security, job development, and minimal environmental damage are just a few of the reasons why green energy technologies have gained popularity. Still, developing these technologies in underdeveloped countries is sluggish due to several bottlenecks. ...

Abstract	Energy security, job development, and minimal environmental damage are just a few of the reasons why green energy technologies have gained popularity. Still, developing these technologies in underdeveloped countries is sluggish due to several bottlenecks. To find and prioritize the bottlenecks to development of green energy technologies (GETs), this study has used the case of South Africa. In this study, technical, financial, social, regulatory, geographical, and institutional bottlenecks are six headings under which 22 bottlenecks are further subdivided. For prioritizing these bottlenecks, a Multi-Objective Optimization based on Ratio Analysis (MOORA) strategy combined with an Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) method was used. The top three bottlenecks impacting the GETs’ development involved social, institutional, and regulatory, whereas in sub-headings, corrupt political systems, knowledge of the public, and fixed investments were revealed to be the most significant hurdles. In addition to that, a framework is also developed for assessing how each bottleneck hinders the development of green energy technologies. The results of this study recommend that formulation of policy using the bottom-up approach is important. Notably, politicians at the highest levels should work together to bolster government agencies so that they can monitor and carry out the policies designed to advance GETs. Building the institutional capacity of government offices is crucial for eliminating corruption in political offices and progressing GETs in South Africa.
Keywords	energy ; environmental sustainability ; issues and policy ; politics ; renewable energy sources ; South Africa
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-02
Size	p. 22653-22667.
Publishing place	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Is environmental sustainability transmissible? Transportation-based environmental taxation spillovers for sustainable development.

Ahmad, Munir / Alvarado, Rafael / Yan, Qingyou / Işık, Cem / Jabeen, Gul

Environmental science and pollution research international

2023 Volume 30, Issue 31, Page(s) 77420–77435

Abstract: Environmental sustainability investigation has been a hotly debated topic of the modern literature; however, past studies have primarily overlooked its transmissibility or spillover outreach across economies. Herein, we investigate the novel aspect of ... ...

Abstract	Environmental sustainability investigation has been a hotly debated topic of the modern literature; however, past studies have primarily overlooked its transmissibility or spillover outreach across economies. Herein, we investigate the novel aspect of whether transportation-based environmental taxation spatially induces spillover impacts across Italy, Germany, and France over the 1994-2020 period by employing a simultaneous spatial equation with multi-country dynamic stochastic general equilibrium modeling (DSGEM) framework. Transportation-based environmental taxation of the domestic economy negatively impacts its own investment and consumption, while it impacts the economy of neighboring economies positively. Change in output and investment in the domestic economy can be well explained by the environmental volatility of the domestic economy, whereas the environmental volatility of neighboring economies does not contribute much to explain the change in investment and output of the domestic economy. Volatility in pollution discharge occurs more by environmental volatility in the neighboring economy than in the domestic economy, and validating that environmental sustainability is transmissible across regions and economies. It urgently calls for environmental protection policies integrated and coordinated across the countries and regions to spread and capitalize on environmentally and economically favorable and sustainable effects globally. Achieving the spatially transmitted positive environmental and economic outcomes would help strengthen the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with a particular focus on Climate Action (SDG13), Sustainable Production and Consumption (SDG12), and Affordable and Sustainable Energy for All (SDG7).
MeSH term(s)	Sustainable Development ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Environmental Pollution ; Environmental Policy ; Taxes ; Economic Development
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-05-31
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
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ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
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DOI	10.1007/s11356-023-27474-4
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Article ; Online: Towards sustainable environment: why green energy technology diffusion is sluggish in South Africa?

Jabeen, Gul / Ahmad, Munir / Zhang, Qingyu

Environmental science and pollution research international

2022 Volume 30, Issue 9, Page(s) 22653–22667

Abstract	Energy security, job development, and minimal environmental damage are just a few of the reasons why green energy technologies have gained popularity. Still, developing these technologies in underdeveloped countries is sluggish due to several bottlenecks. To find and prioritize the bottlenecks to development of green energy technologies (GETs), this study has used the case of South Africa. In this study, technical, financial, social, regulatory, geographical, and institutional bottlenecks are six headings under which 22 bottlenecks are further subdivided. For prioritizing these bottlenecks, a Multi-Objective Optimization based on Ratio Analysis (MOORA) strategy combined with an Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) method was used. The top three bottlenecks impacting the GETs' development involved social, institutional, and regulatory, whereas in sub-headings, corrupt political systems, knowledge of the public, and fixed investments were revealed to be the most significant hurdles. In addition to that, a framework is also developed for assessing how each bottleneck hinders the development of green energy technologies. The results of this study recommend that formulation of policy using the bottom-up approach is important. Notably, politicians at the highest levels should work together to bolster government agencies so that they can monitor and carry out the policies designed to advance GETs. Building the institutional capacity of government offices is crucial for eliminating corruption in political offices and progressing GETs in South Africa.
MeSH term(s)	South Africa ; Technology ; Developing Countries ; Investments ; Political Systems
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-10-27
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	1178791-0
ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
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Article: Dynamic causality among urban agglomeration, electricity consumption, construction industry, and economic performance: generalized method of moments approach

Ahmad, Munir / Jabeen, Gul

Environmental science and pollution research international. 2020 Jan., v. 27, no. 2

2020

Abstract: This paper is a maiden empirical attempt to analyze the dynamic causal linkages among urban agglomeration, electricity consumption, construction industry, and economic performance, making use of simultaneous structural equations. A national panel of 30 ... ...

Abstract	This paper is a maiden empirical attempt to analyze the dynamic causal linkages among urban agglomeration, electricity consumption, construction industry, and economic performance, making use of simultaneous structural equations. A national panel of 30 provinces and three sub-national panels of China, for time span 2000 to 2016, have been estimated employing system and difference generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. A construction industry-augmented model of economic growth has been proposed, incorporating construction industry and urban agglomeration as exogenous shocks to the aggregate production and electricity consumption as the input of production function. The core empirical results are first, the urban agglomeration and construction industry positively cause electricity consumption but are not caused by the same. It revealed the critical role played by urban agglomeration along with construction industry in boosting electricity consumption. Second, the economic performance positively causes electricity consumption, urban agglomeration, and construction industry and is also caused by the same. Third, urban agglomeration causes the construction industry and is caused by the same. It exposed the mutual role of urban agglomeration and urban industry in reinforcing each other in the times of high economic performance. Finally, among the three regions, the eastern zone is found to be strongest in terms of linkages among urban agglomeration, construction industry, electricity consumption, and economic performance. The intermediate zone is moderately strong, while the western zone is found to have the least strong linkages as compared with the two regions. These results are in line with the sub-national level of economic development of China. These findings, in terms of statistical significance, are highly robust across all the panels. Furthermore, depending upon empirical results, the related strategies are proposed.
Keywords	construction industry ; economic development ; economic performance ; electric energy consumption ; equations ; models ; production functions ; China
Language	English
Dates of publication	2020-01
Size	p. 2374-2385.
Publishing place	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1178791-0
ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
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ISSN	0944-1344
DOI	10.1007/s11356-019-06905-1
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Article: Does energy-industry investment drive economic performance in regional China: Implications for sustainable development

Ahmad, Munir / Jan, Inayatullah / Jabeen, Gul / Alvarado, Rafael

Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2021 July, v. 27

2021

Abstract: The economic giant China, enjoying miraculously high economic performance since the 1980s, is currently facing an economic performance slowdown, along with environmental sustainability challenges. Energy-industry investments might serve as a potential ... ...

Abstract	The economic giant China, enjoying miraculously high economic performance since the 1980s, is currently facing an economic performance slowdown, along with environmental sustainability challenges. Energy-industry investments might serve as a potential driver of economic performance, indirectly inducing environmental sustainability through investments in the energy-industry transition from old technology to a renewable one. This research provides an empirical assessment of the causal bond between energy-industry investment and economic performance across the regional development levels, employing a dynamic longitudinal data modeling on China’s 27 provincial and municipality units from 1997 through 2017. It developed an economic performance model to incorporate energy-industry investment as an aggregate production growth input. The core empirical findings are as follows. Firstly, the energy-industry investment and economic performance induced a positive and statistically significant mutual influence, manifested from their parameter estimates. Secondly, a bilateral causal bond is unveiled between energy-industry investment and economic performance based on the Dumitrescu-Hurlin technique, confirming the feedback hypothesis of a causal bond between the two variables. The results are consistent across the under-analysis panels in terms of the nature of the influence; however, the induced degrees of their influence significantly differed across the regional development levels. The intensity of the direct influence of energy-industry investment (0.049) on economic performance lags behind the feedback influence of economic performance (1.069) on energy-industry investment. Additionally, considerable heterogeneities are detected in influence intensities across the regional panels. Eastern China (region of high development) displayed the most substantial direct (0.058) and feedback influence (1.193), while western China manifested the least substantial intensity of direct (0.030) and feedback influence (0.836). After that, the central China (region of medium development) demonstrated a medium intensity of direct (0.037) and feedback influence (0.996). Finally, among other regressors, human capital, physical capital, inflation rate, and trade presented a positive and significant influence on economic performance. In contrast, the foreign direct investment significantly influenced the economic performance only in the eastern China. The empirical findings implied that energy-industry investment might serve as a vital driver of economic performance, with the most significant role in the highly developed regions and the least significant in the low developed regions, given the important explanatory variables. Based on empirical findings, policies are suggested.
Keywords	economic performance ; energy industry ; foreign direct investment ; human capital ; inflation ; models ; sustainable development ; trade ; China
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-07
Size	p. 176-192.
Publishing place	Elsevier B.V.
Document type	Article
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ISSN	2352-5509
DOI	10.1016/j.spc.2020.10.033
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Article: Heterogeneity of pollution haven/halo hypothesis and Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across development levels of Chinese provinces

Ahmad, Munir / Jabeen, Gul / Wu, Yiyun

Journal of cleaner production. 2021 Feb. 20, v. 285

2021

Abstract: The influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and income on the environmental sustainability has been investigated by several studies on China, as well as the rest of the world economies. Most of those studies confirmed the existence of the ... ...

Abstract	The influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and income on the environmental sustainability has been investigated by several studies on China, as well as the rest of the world economies. Most of those studies confirmed the existence of the Pollution Haven (PHV), Pollution Halo (PHL), and Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypotheses. However, whether the heterogeneity of those hypotheses aligns with the development level of Chinese provinces remains an unexplored question. Therefore, the present work estimated the heterogeneous influence of FDI inflows and income on CO₂ emissions (environmental unsustainability) across the development levels of Chinese provinces to verify the existence of aggregation bias. The dynamic common correlated effects mean group method is employed on panel data of 28 Chinese provinces. The key findings are: (1) FDI inflows and income promoted environmental sustainability and revealed the existence of PHL influence and EKC for aggregated samples. (2) At the provincial level, both variables exhibited heterogeneities in terms of their influence on environmental sustainability. On the one hand, FDI inflows imparted PHL influence in fifteen provinces at various development levels. On the other hand, FDI inflows imparted PHV influence in seven provinces at different development levels. (3) Though the existence of EKC is confirmed in only five provinces at various development levels, income promoted the environmental sustainability in thirteen of the provinces. (4) It is observed that the heterogeneous influence of FDI inflows and income on environmental sustainability is not aligned with the provincial development level. Thus, it has confirmed the existence of aggregation bias. It is advisable that, irrespective of the provincial development level, the provincial governments should adjust the degree of stringency of environmental regulations fo the foreign, as well as state enterprises, as per their environmental performance. It would be an effective way to put the provinces on the trajectory of ensuring economic as well as environmental sustainability.
Keywords	bias ; business enterprises ; carbon dioxide ; emissions ; environmental Kuznets curve ; environmental law ; environmental performance ; environmental sustainability ; foreign direct investment ; income ; pollution ; sampling ; trajectories ; China
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-0220
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
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ISSN	0959-6526
DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124898
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Article ; Online: Dynamic causality among urban agglomeration, electricity consumption, construction industry, and economic performance: generalized method of moments approach.

Ahmad, Munir / Jabeen, Gul

Environmental science and pollution research international

2019 Volume 27, Issue 2, Page(s) 2374–2385

Abstract	This paper is a maiden empirical attempt to analyze the dynamic causal linkages among urban agglomeration, electricity consumption, construction industry, and economic performance, making use of simultaneous structural equations. A national panel of 30 provinces and three sub-national panels of China, for time span 2000 to 2016, have been estimated employing system and difference generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. A construction industry-augmented model of economic growth has been proposed, incorporating construction industry and urban agglomeration as exogenous shocks to the aggregate production and electricity consumption as the input of production function. The core empirical results are first, the urban agglomeration and construction industry positively cause electricity consumption but are not caused by the same. It revealed the critical role played by urban agglomeration along with construction industry in boosting electricity consumption. Second, the economic performance positively causes electricity consumption, urban agglomeration, and construction industry and is also caused by the same. Third, urban agglomeration causes the construction industry and is caused by the same. It exposed the mutual role of urban agglomeration and urban industry in reinforcing each other in the times of high economic performance. Finally, among the three regions, the eastern zone is found to be strongest in terms of linkages among urban agglomeration, construction industry, electricity consumption, and economic performance. The intermediate zone is moderately strong, while the western zone is found to have the least strong linkages as compared with the two regions. These results are in line with the sub-national level of economic development of China. These findings, in terms of statistical significance, are highly robust across all the panels. Furthermore, depending upon empirical results, the related strategies are proposed.
MeSH term(s)	China ; Construction Industry ; Economic Development/statistics & numerical data ; Electricity ; Employment
Language	English
Publishing date	2019-11-28
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article
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Article: In-vitro evaluation of virulence markers and antifungal resistance of clinical Candida albicans strains isolated from Karachi, Pakistan.

Jabeen, Gul / Naz, Sehar Afshan / Rangel, Drauzio E N / Jabeen, Nusrat / Shafique, Maryam / Yasmeen, Kousar

Fungal biology

2023 Volume 127, Issue 7-8, Page(s) 1241–1249

Abstract: Candidiasis is a significant fungal infection with high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Candida albicans is the most dominant species responsible for causing different manifestations of candidiasis. Certain virulence traits as well as its ... ...

Abstract	Candidiasis is a significant fungal infection with high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Candida albicans is the most dominant species responsible for causing different manifestations of candidiasis. Certain virulence traits as well as its resistance to antifungal drugs contribute to the pathogenesis of this yeast. This study was designed to determine the production of some virulence factors, such as biofilm formation and extracellular hydrolytic enzymes (esterase, coagulase, gelatinase, and catalase) by this fungus, as well as its antifungal resistance profile. A total of 304 clinical C. albicans isolates obtained from different clinical specimens were identified by a conventional diagnostic protocol. The antifungal susceptibility of C. albicans strains was determined by disk diffusion technique against commercially available antifungal disks, such as nystatin 50 μg, amphotericin B 100 unit, fluconazole 25 μg, itraconazole 10 μg, ketoconazole 10 μg, and voriconazole 1 μg. The assessment of biofilm formation was determined by the tube staining assay and spectrophotometry. Gelatinase, coagulase, catalase, and esterase enzyme production was also detected using standard techniques. A total of 66.1% (201/304) and 28.9% (88/304) of C. albicans strains were susceptible-dose dependent (SDD) to nystatin and itraconazole, respectively. Among the antifungal drugs, C. albicans strains showed high resistance to ketoconazole 24.7% (75/304); however, no statistically significant relationship between the clinical origin of C. albicans isolates and antifungal drug resistance pattern was detected. For virulence factors, the majority of the C. albicans strains actively produced biofilm and all hydrolytic enzymes. Biofilm formation was demonstrated by 88% (267/304) of the strains with a quantitative mean value 0.1762 (SD ± 0.08293). However, 100% (304/304) of isolates produced catalase enzyme, 69% (211/304) produced coagulase, 66% (197/304) produced gelatinase, and 52% (157/304) produced esterase enzyme. A significant relationship between the source of specimens and biofilm formation by C. albicans was observed; nevertheless, there was no significant relationship between different sources of C. albicans strains and the production of different enzymatic virulence factors. The study found that C. albicans strains have excellent potential to produce virulence markers and resistance to antifungals, which necessitates surveillance of these opportunistic pathogens to minimize the chances of severe invasive infections.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Antifungal Agents/pharmacology ; Candida albicans ; Itraconazole/pharmacology ; Catalase ; Nystatin/pharmacology ; Virulence ; Ketoconazole ; Pakistan ; Coagulase ; Candida ; Candidiasis/microbiology ; Esterases ; Virulence Factors ; Drug Resistance, Fungal ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Gelatinases
Chemical Substances	Antifungal Agents ; Itraconazole (304NUG5GF4) ; Catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) ; Nystatin (1400-61-9) ; Ketoconazole (R9400W927I) ; Coagulase ; Esterases (EC 3.1.-) ; Virulence Factors ; Gelatinases (EC 3.4.24.-)
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-04-14
Publishing country	Netherlands
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ZDB-ID	2532164-X
ISSN	1878-6162 ; 1878-6146
ISSN (online)	1878-6162
ISSN	1878-6146
DOI	10.1016/j.funbio.2023.04.003
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