Bacterial susceptibility to and chemical composition of essential oils from Thymus kotschyanus and Thymus persicus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2200-2205

  Rasooli, Iraj ^a   Mirmostafa, Seyed Akbar ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Essential oil; Thymus kotschyanus; Thymus persicus

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; MYRCENE; NEROL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; THYMOL ACETATE; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS; THYMUS PERSICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAMIACEAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0037427265     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0261755     Document Type: Article

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