Antimicrobial activity of selected aromatic plants

Indian Drugs

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Mathew, J ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial property; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Eugenia caryophyllata; Myristica fragrans; Pimenta dioica

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649141634     PISSN: 0019462X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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