Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of some Achillea L. Species in Turkey

Acta Pharmaceutica Turcica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Karamenderes, Canan ^a   Karabay, N Ülkü ^a   Zeybek, Ulvi ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achillea; Antimicrobial activity; Asteraceae; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALPHA BISABOLOL OXIDE A; ASCARIDOLE; BISABOLOL; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CHRYSANTHENOL; CHRYSANTHENONE; CINEOLE; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUDESMOL; JASMONE; LINALOOL; MYRTENOL; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THUJENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036978274     PISSN: 1300638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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