Screening methods for natural products with antimicrobial activity: a review of the literature.

@article{Ros1988ScreeningMF,
  title={Screening methods for natural products with antimicrobial activity: a review of the literature.},
  author={Jos{\'e} Luis R{\'i}os and Mar{\'i}a del Carmen Recio and {\'A}ngel Mar{\'i}a Villar},
  journal={Journal of ethnopharmacology},
  year={1988},
  volume={23 2-3},
  pages={
          127-49
        }
}
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