Essential Oil Prepared from Cymbopogon citrates Exerted an Antimicrobial Activity Against Plant Pathogenic and Medical Microorganisms |
Jeong, Mi-Ran
(Research Center of Bioactive Materials and Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
Park, Pyeong-Beom (Department of Pathology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woosuk University) Kim, Dae-Hyuk (Research Center of Bioactive Materials and Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National University) Jang, Yong-Suk (Research Center of Bioactive Materials and Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National University) Jeong, Han-Sol (Department of Pathology, College of Oriental Medicine, Woosuk University) Choi, Sang-Hoon (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Kunsan National University) |
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