Antimicrobial effect of some simple and complex phenolic compounds of olive fruits against pathogenic bacteria

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 213, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Chowdhury, B ^a,c   Bhattacharyya, D ^b   Mukhopadhyay, S ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial effects; Olive fruits; Pathogenic bacteria; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040793913     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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