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Original Articles

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oils of Six Species from Family Myrtaceae

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Pages 950-956 | Received 19 Apr 2013, Accepted 10 Nov 2013, Published online: 04 Sep 2015

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