Essential Oils and their Antimicrobial Activity

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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Microbiology Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCMM-110, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2016/110

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Essential Oils and their Antimicrobial Activity

Vivian Tullio

Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, Microbiology Division, University of Torino, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8, Torino, Italy

Corresponding Author Details: Prof. Vivian Tullio, Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, Microbiology Division, University of Torino, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8, Torino, Italy; E-mail: vivian.tullio@unito.it

Received: 06 July 2016; Accepted: 08 August 2016; Published: 10 August 2016

Citation: Tullio V (2016) Essential Oils and their Antimicrobial Activity. Int J Clin Med Microbiol 1: 110. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2016/110

Copyright: © 2016 Tullio. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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