African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5238

Introduction

Antimicrobial activities of six plants used in Traditional Arabic Palestinian Herbal Medicine

Ahmad Ibrahim Husein
  • Ahmad Ibrahim Husein
  • Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til Village, Nablus, Palestine
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Mohammed Saleem Ali-Shtayeh*
  • Mohammed Saleem Ali-Shtayeh*
  • Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til Village, Nablus, Palestine
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Rana Majed Jamous
  • Rana Majed Jamous
  • Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til Village, Nablus, Palestine
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Salam Yousef Abu Zaitoun
  • Salam Yousef Abu Zaitoun
  • Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til Village, Nablus, Palestine
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Waheed Jebril Jondi
  • Waheed Jebril Jondi
  • Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Palestine
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Nidal Abd-Aljapar Zatar
  • Nidal Abd-Aljapar Zatar
  • Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Palestine
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  •  Received: 25 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 15 August 2014
  •  Published: 17 September 2014

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