In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Thymus vulgaris Essential Oil Against Major Oral Pathogens

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 660-666

  Fani, Mohammadmehdi ^a   Kohanteb, Jamshid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Streptococcus pyogenes; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039756183     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587217700772     Document Type: Article

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