Antimicrobial activity and main chemical composition of two smoke condensates from Peganum harmala seeds

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 707-710

  Shahverdi, Ahmad R ^a   Monsef Esfahani, Hamid R ^a   Nickavar, Bahman ^b   Bitarafan, Lila ^a   Khodaee, Samira ^a   Khoshakhlagh, Narges ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Harmine; Peganum harmala; Smoke

Indexed keywords

PEGANUM HARMALA;

EID: 27744446284     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2005-9-1008     Document Type: Article

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