Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oil from Myrtus communis Leaves

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-84

  Zomorodian, Kamiar ^a   Moein, Mahmoodreza ^b   Lori, Zahra Goeini ^b   Ghasemi, Younes ^b   Rahimi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Bandegani, Azadeh ^a   Pakshir, Keyvan ^a   Bazargani, Abdollah ^a   Mirzamohammadi, Solmaz ^b   Abbasi, Nadia ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

antibacterial; Antifungal; Candida, Myrtle; minimum inhibitory concentration; Myrtus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890846620     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2013.764183     Document Type: Article

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