Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of Micromeria barbata in Lebanon

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 321-327

  Alwan, Saer ^a   El Omari, Khaled ^b,c,d   Soufi, Hyam ^a   Zreika, Sami ^a,b   Sukarieh, Itab ^a   Chihib, Nour Eddine ^c   Jama, Charafeddine ^d   Hamze, Monzer ^b  

^a Jinan University Of Lebanon   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Essential oil; Micromeriabarbata

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962168861     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2014.962623     Document Type: Article

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