Letter: In vitro activity of mentha suaveolens essential oil against cryptococcus neoformans and dermatophytes

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 35-36

  Angiolella, L ^a   Vavala, E ^a   Sivric, S ^a,b   Diodata, D'A F ^a   Ragno, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Universita Agraria di Tarquinia   (Italy)

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