Biological activities of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Micromeria fruticosa (L) Druce ssp serpyllifolia (Bieb) PH Davis plants from the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 735-741

  Güllüce, Medine ^a,c   Sökmen, Münevver ^b   Şahin, Fikrettin ^a   Sökmen, Atalay ^b   Adigüzel, Ahmet ^a   Özer, Hakan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; GC MS analysis; Micromeria fruticosa ssp serpyllifolia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; PEST CONTROL;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MICROMERIA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 2342462858     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1728     Document Type: Article

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