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Original Articles

Composition Comparison of Essential Oils Extracted by Classical Hydro distillation and Microwave-assisted Hydrodistillation from Pimenta dioica

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Pages 45-50 | Received 08 Jul 2011, Accepted 24 Nov 2011, Published online: 16 May 2013

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