Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Origanum syriacum L

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1147-1149

  Daouk, Rasha K ^a,b   Dagher, Shawky M ^a,b   Sattout, Elsa J ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oil; Origanum syriacum; Za'atar

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0029173970     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-58.10.1147     Document Type: Article

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