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- 44
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Adelheid Brantner,
Edith Grein
(1994).
Antibacterial activity of plant extracts used externally in traditional medicine.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
, 44
(1)
, 35-40.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(94)90096-5
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- 10.1016/0378-8741(94)90096-5