Screening of selected plants growing in Iran for antimicrobial activity

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction A: Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-333

  Javidnia, K ^a,b   Miri, R ^a,b   Assadollahi, M ^a   Gholami, M ^a   Ghaderi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Iran; Methanolic extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651487651     PISSN: 10286276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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