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Antifungal activity and chemical composition of the essential oil from the aerial parts of two new Teucrium capitatum L. chemotypes from Sardinia Island, Italy

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Pages 6007-6013 | Received 07 Jun 2020, Accepted 10 Aug 2020, Published online: 28 Aug 2020

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