Antibacterial and antifungal activity of ten essential oils in vitro

Microbios

Volumn 86, Issue 349, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Pattnaik, S ^a   Subramanyam, V R ^b   Kole, C ^c  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Antifungals; Antimicrobials; Aromatic plants; Essential oils; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIFFUSION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029683860     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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