Anti-microbial activity of Cinnamomum cassia against diverse microbial flora with its nutritional and medicinal impacts

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Chaudhry, Nazia Masood Ahmed ^a   Tariq, Perween ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM AROMATICUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; SALMONELLA;

EID: 33845364938     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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