Antimicrobial activities of Emblica officinalis and Coriandrum sativum against gram positive bacteria and Candida albicans

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 913-917

  Saeed, Sabahat ^a   Tariq, Perween ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38749141701     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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