Antimicrobial activity of some Iranian medicinal plants

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-642

  Pirbalouti, Abdollah Ghasemi ^a   Jahanbazi, Parvin ^b   Enteshari, Shekoofeh ^b   Malekpoor, Fatemeh ^b   Hamedi, Behzad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial and antifungal activity; Food; Iranian traditional herbs; Myrtus communis; Thymus daenensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955164827     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1003633G     Document Type: Article

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