The antifungal activity of essential oils as determined by different screening methods

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-266

  Delespaul, Quitterie ^a   de Billerbeck, Virginia G ^a   Roques, Christine G ^a   Michel, Georges ^a   Marquier Viñuales, Cécile ^b   Bessière, Jean Marie ^c  

^a Faculta des Sci Pharmaceutiques   (France)

^b Phytolab COMPAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Cymbopogon martinii; Cymbopogon nardus; Syzygium aromaticum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001664834     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2000.9699510     Document Type: Article

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