IN THIS STUDY, THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF essential OIL OF ZIZIPHORA CLINOPODIODES AND ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATION AS A NATURAL PRESERVATIVE IN REDUCING THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIAL POPULATION OF HAMBURGER WERE INVESTIGATED. essential OIL OF ZIZIPHORA CLINOPODIODES CULTIVATED IN IRAN WAS OBTAINED BY HYDRO- DISTILLATION METHOD (HDM). CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE OIL WAS DETERMINED BY GC-MS ANALYSIS...