Preservative properties of Calamintha officinalis essential oil with and without EDTA

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-389

  Nostro, A ^a   Cannatelli, M A ^a   Morelli, I ^b   Cioni, P L ^b   Bader, A ^c   Marino, A ^a   Alonzo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AERIAL PARTS; ALBICANS; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; E. COLI; EFFICACY TESTING; ELECTRON IMPACT MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDRODISTILLED; PROPERTY; PS. AERUGINOSA;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CALAMINTHA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CETOMACROGOL; EDETIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALAMINTHA OFFICINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG INHIBITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN;

CALAMINTHA; CALAMINTHA SYLVATICA ASCENDENS;

EID: 0036034255     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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