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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2026.047
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Integrative pharmacognostical profiling & in vitro antibacterial activity assessment of Murraya koenigii (L.) spreng

Kareem AT
About authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq

Correspondence should be addressed: Ashwaq T. Kareem
Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq; qi.ude.qtu@meerak.t.qawhsa

Received: 2026-07-18 Accepted: 2026-08-20 Published online: 2026-08-31
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