A comprehensive review of vaginitis phytotherapy

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 960-966

  Azimi, Hanieh ^a,b   Fallah Tafti, Mehrnaz ^b   Karimi Darmiyan, Maliheh ^a,b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Phytotherapy; Plant; Trichomonas vaginitis; Vulvovaginal candidosis

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 82855162274     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.960.966     Document Type: Article

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