Antifungal activities of the essential oils on post-harvest disease agent Aspergilus flavus

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Karbin, Saeed ^a   Rad, Ali Baradaran ^a   Arouiee, Hossein ^a   Jafarnia, Sasan ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Aspergilus; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CUMINUM CYMINUM; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77955602259     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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