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Original Article

Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oils from flower, leaf and stem of Ferula cupularis growing wild in Iran

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Pages 483-487 | Received 06 Jul 2013, Accepted 11 May 2014, Published online: 04 Dec 2014

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