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Research Article

Essential oil from Zanthoxylum tingoassuiba loaded into multilamellar liposomes useful as antimicrobial agents

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Pages 684-691 | Received 24 Nov 2008, Accepted 25 Nov 2008, Published online: 05 Nov 2009

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