Antimicrobial Activities and Phytochemical Composition of Echinophora platyloba DC. Essential Oils from Isfahan

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Asghari, G ^a   Abedi, D ^b   Jalali, M ^b   Farsi, S ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Echinophora platyloba DC; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ECHINOPHORA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33947256832     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2007.10643522     Document Type: Article

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