Antibacterial and antifungal activity of aromatic constituents of essential oils

Microbios

Volumn 89, Issue 358, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Pattnaik, S ^a,d   Subramanyam, V R ^a,e   Bapaji, M ^b   Kole, C R ^c  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Univ of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Western Sydney Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Antifungals; Antimicrobials; Aromatic compounds; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FUNGI; MENTHOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES;

EID: 0030623374     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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