Antimicrobial evaluation and proximate profile of Nepeta Leavigata, Nepeta Kurramensis and Rhynchosia Reniformis

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^a   Ahmad, Nisar ^a,b   Hussain, Javid ^b,c   Ur Rehman, Najeeb ^b,c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

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EID: 84874448342     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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