Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf Volatile Oil from South - West, Nigeria

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-341

  Owolabi, Moses S ^a   Oladimeji, Matthew O ^b   Lajide, L ^b   Singh, Gurdip ^c   Marimuthu, P ^c   Isidorov, Valery A ^d  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 77953407316     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2008.10643638     Document Type: Article

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