Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oils of Nepal

Journal of Essential Oil Research: JEOR, Jan/Feb 2005 by Yonzon, Minoba, Lee, Dong Jin, Yokochi, Toshihiro, Kawano, Yasuhiro, Nakahara, Toro

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Minoba Yonzon

Herbs Production & Processing Co. Ltd. Koteshwer, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dong Jin Lee

Dankook University, Cheonan, Rep. of Korea

Toshihiro Yokochi, Yasuhiro Kawano and Toro Nakahara*

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan

* Address for correspondence

Received: December 2001

Revised: June 2004

Accepted: July 2004