Plant natural products as a potential source of antimicrobial agents: An overview and a glimpse on recent developments

Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Therapeutic Applications of Medicinal Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 93-107

  Shahid, Mohd ^a,b,c   Dar, Fazal K ^a   Ismaeel, Abdulrahman Y ^a   Al Mahmeed, Ali ^a   Al Sindi, Khalid ^b   Malik, Abida ^c   Khan, Haris M ^c  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b and Education services)   (Bahrain)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6603-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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