In vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of lavandula × intermedia Emeric ex Loisel. 'Budrovka'

Molecules

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4241-4253

  Blazekovic, Biljana ^a   Stanic, Gordana ^a   Pepeljnjak, Stjepan ^a   Vladimir Knezevic, Sanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Ethanolic extracts; Lavandula intermedia 'Budrovka'

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957606806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules16054241     Document Type: Article

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